Adineta gracilis Janson, 1893

Song, Min Ok, 2014, Eight new records of monogonont and bdelloid rotifers from Korea, Journal of Species Research 3 (1), pp. 53-62 : 55-58

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.12651/JSR.2014.3.1.053

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/8B770568-FFBA-FFA0-B431-F834FD840DEC

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scientific name

Adineta gracilis Janson, 1893
status

 

4. Adineta gracilis Janson, 1893 View in CoL ( Fig. 2A View Fig )

Adineta gracilis Janson, 1893, p. 77 View in CoL , pl. 5, figs. 76, 77;

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Montet, 1915, p. 262, pl. 7, figs. 1a, b; Bartos ˇ, 1951, p. 477, figs. 4B, 66D, H; Bartos ˇ, 1959, p. 309, figs. 57 D-E; Donner, 1965, p. 274, figs. 199g-j.

Material examined. 8 specimens, a mountain in Jukheondong, Gangneung-si, Gangwon-do (moss and lichens, Chang-Ho Lee), 07 March, 2013.

Description. Eyes absent. Head oval, flat and thumbshaped. Rostrum lamella like brim of hat, with even height

A B

and without auricle-like structure laterally, incurved ventrally. Corona a ventral ciliary field and non-retractable. Rake apparatus absent. Two thin and long spine-like projections present anterior to mouth; each tip curved and pointing up. Integument around posterior part of ventral ciliary field and mouth extended like lamella forming rhomboidal collar-shaped structure. Dental formula 2/2. Preanal segment much narrower than preceding segment of trunk. Anal segment gradually tapering to foot. Foot narrower than rump. Spurs small, triangular and decurv- ed towards end. Three toes small.

Body length 256 μm. Trunk width 41 μm.

Distribution. Europe, Australia, New Zealand, Pacific Islands, the Antarctic, South and North America, and Korea.

Remarks. Cosmopolitan, but, new to Asia.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Rotifera

Class

Eurotatoria

Order

Bdelloidea

Family

Adinetidae

Genus

Adineta

Loc

Adineta gracilis Janson, 1893

Song, Min Ok 2014
2014
Loc

Adineta gracilis

Janson, O. 1893: 77
1893
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