Hartmannula angustipilosa Deroux & Dragesco, 1968

Kim, Ji Hye, Omar, Atef & Jung, Ji Hye Moon and Jae-Ho, 2020, Taxonomy of 16 indigenous ciliate species (Protozoa, Ciliophora) from South Korea, Journal of Species Research 9 (4), pp. 427-442 : 437

12. Hartmannula angustipilosa Deroux & Dragesco ,

1968 ( Fig. 12 )

Material examined. Marine water collected from Gangneunghang Port , Gyeonso-dong , Gangneung-si, Gangwon-do, Korea (37°46′18.45″N 128°57′5.64″E) on 12 Sep 2018 .

Diagnosis. Body size 65 × 32 μm after protargol impregnation (n = 1); body shape elongated elliptical, dorsoventrally flattened; single ellipsoidal macronucleus; 7 left kineties; 8 postoral kineties; 5 right kineties; 1 preoral kinety; 2 circumoral kineties; 15 pharyngeal rods; and a small podite in posterior body portion.

Distribution. King George Island and Korea.

Remarks. The Korean H. angustipilosa population is the most similar to the Antarctic population named Hartmannula cf. angustipilosa in terms of body size and shape, the number and shape of macronucleus, and number of pharyngeal rods ( Wilbert and Song, 2005). Both the Korean and the Antarctic populations lack live observation because of the rarity of specimens.

Voucher slides. One slide with protargol-impregnated specimens were deposited at National Institute of Biological Resources (NIBRPR0000110198).

Figures

Fig. 12. Photomicrograph of Hartmannula angustipilosa after protargol impregnation. CO, circumoral kineties; LK, left kineties; MA, macronucleus; P, podite; PK, postoral kineties; PR, preoral kinety; RK, right kineties. Scale bar=20μm.