Parastrombidinopsis minima Tsai et al., 2008

Song, Wen, Li, Jiamei, Huang, Yaoyao, Al-Rasheid, Khaled A. S., Liu, Weiwei, Hu, Xiaozhong & Miao, Miao, 2018, Morphology of Three Aloricate Choreotrich ciliates, Including Description of a New Species Parastrombidinopsis costalis sp. n. (Ciliophora, Choreotrichia), and phylogeny of the genus Parastrombidinopsis, Acta Protozoologica 57 (3), pp. 153-167 : 161

Parastrombidinopsis minima Tsai et al., 2008 ( Fig. 6 , Table 2)

Although the morphology of Parastrombidinopsis minima was well studied by Tsai et al. (2008), some new features have been found in the Haikou population. Thus, a brief description of the new population is supplied, along with a phylogenetic analysis based on its SSU rRNA gene sequence.

Locality of the Haikou population: Brackish water in Haikou (20°06´N, 110°33´E), China, Salinity about 18.2 ‰.

Figures

Fig. 6. Drawings and photomicrographs of Parastrombidinopsis minima from life (A, E–G) and after protargol staining (B–D, H–M). (A, F, G) Views of three individuals showing the body shape. (B, C) Ventral and dorsal views of the same specimen showing the ciliature. (D, H, I) Detail of collar membranelles; the arrows mark the ventral gap. (E) From Tsai et al. (2008). (J) Somatic ciliature. (K) An early divider; arrowhead marks the oral primordium. (L, M) Ventral and dorsal views of same specimen showing the ciliature. CM, collar membranelles; E, endoral membrane; SK, somatic kinety. Scale bars: 25 μm.