Zosterodasys agamaliev Deroux, 1978

Park, Mi-Hyun & Min, Gi-Sik, 2016, Morphological reports of four ciliates (Ciliophora) from coastal marine and brackish water habitats in Korea, Journal of Species Research 5 (3), pp. 514-516 : 515-5

3. Zosterodasys agamaliev Deroux, 1978 ( Fig. 1 E-G)

Diagnosis. Size about 112­165 × 87­118 μm after protargol impregnation; obovoidal to ellipsoidal in shape; about 58­68 ciliary rows, 39­46 ventral and 19­22 dorsal rows; on average, 12 nematodesmal rods.

Material examined. On December 16, 2014, at Aamdo Waterfront Park , the Yellow Sea, Korea (37°26′N, 126°37′E) .

Voucher slides. A slide of protargol­impregnated specimens was deposited at the National Institute of Biological Resources, Korea (NIBRPR0000106618).

Remarks. Zosterodasys agamaliev was originally described by Deroux (1978) as the type species of the genus Zosterodasys . Although Z. agamaliev and Z. transversus (Kahl, 1928) are very similar, they can be distinguished in habitats (marine vs. freshwater) ( Vd’ačný and Tirjaková, 2012).

Figures

Fig. 1. Photomicrographs of four ciliates on the basis of live observation (A, C, E, H) and after protargol impregnation (B, D, F, G, I). A, B, Gruberia calkinsi, left side view of a living specimen (A) and right side view of a protargol­impregnated specimen (B); C, D, Dysteria crassipes, left side views of living (C) and protargol­impregnated (D) specimens; E­G, Zosterodasys agamaliev, ventral view of a living specimen(E), and ventral (F) and dorsal (G) views of potargol­impregnated specimens; H, I, Pleuronema salmastra, ventral views of living (H) and protargol­impregnated (I) specimens. Scale bars:A=500 μm, B=300 μm, C, D=30μm, E, H=50μm.