Metanophrys similis ( Song, Shang, Chen & Ma, 2002 )
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https://doi.org/ 10.5852/ejt.2016.249 |
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urn:lsid:zoobank.org:pub:43278833-B695-4375-B1BD-E98C28A9E50E |
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5631545 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03C487DB-685E-FFBE-5485-FD588F3231A4 |
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Plazi |
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Metanophrys similis ( Song, Shang, Chen & Ma, 2002 ) |
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Metanophrys similis ( Song, Shang, Chen & Ma, 2002)
Fig. 2 View Fig. 2 E–G; Table 1 View Table 1
Description
Description based on Alabama population: body in vivo 35–40 × 20–25 μm, plump pyriform, anteriorly tapering, posteriorly rounded; no apical plate formed ( Fig. 2 View Fig. 2 E). Ventral side slightly straight, dorsal side slightly convex ( Fig. 2 View Fig. 2 E–F). Somatic cilia 7–8 μm long, densely arranged ( Fig. 2 View Fig. 2 F). Single caudal cilium approximately 10 μm in length ( Fig. 2 View Fig. 2 E). Extrusoms bar-shaped, approximately 2 μm in length, arranged in rows between the somatic kineties. Endoplasm colourless to grayish, and contained abundant food vacuoles (2–5 μm in across) and many bar- or dumbbell-shaped crystals 1–2 μm in length ( Fig. 2 View Fig. 2 E). One large, spherical to ovoid macronucleus, approximately 10 μm in length and 12 μm in width, centrally located. Swimming aimlessly, without pause, or sometimes crawling on substrates. Twelve somatic kineties. M1 near apex, comprising three longitudinal rows of kinetids with six basal bodies each ( Fig. 2 View Fig. 2 G). M2 three-rowed, as long as M1, composed of six basal bodies in each longitudinal row ( Fig. 2 View Fig. 2 G). M3 located close to M2, usually comprises three short arranged rows of basal bodies.
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