Trichodina species

West, Deidre, Basson, Linda & Van As, Jo, 2016, Trichodina diaptomi (Ciliophora: Peritrichia) from Two Calanoid Copepods from Botswana and South Africa, with Notes on its Life History, Acta Protozoologica 55 (3), pp. 161-171 : 162

Trichodina species – Nata population ( Figs 2A–D , 4A, B )

Host and locality: Metadiaptomus transvaalensis, Nata River (S 20°12.290’ E 026°11.302’), Nata , Botswana.

Figures

Figs 2 A–F. Micrographs of silver impregnated adhesive discs (A, B, E and F) and haematoxylin stained specimens (C and D), showing the nuclear apparatus (C) and adoral spiral (D) of Trichodina diaptomi Šrámek-Hušek, 1953 from the Nata River (A–D) and Rustfontein Dam (E and F).

Figs 4 A and B. Diagrammatic drawings of the denticles of two dif- ferent specimens of Trichodina diaptomi Šrámek-Hušek, 1953 from the carapace of Metadiaptomus transvaalensis from the Nata River, Botswana to illustrate variation in denticle shape.