Euplotes dammamensis, Chen & Zhao & Al-Farraj & Al-Quraishy & El-Serehy & Shao & Al-Rasheid, 2013
publication ID |
https://doi.org/ 10.4467/16890027AP.13.008.1087 |
DOI |
https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13192343 |
persistent identifier |
https://treatment.plazi.org/id/E46487CF-FF96-7D64-E463-F975FE9BF85E |
treatment provided by |
Felipe |
scientific name |
Euplotes dammamensis |
status |
sp. nov. |
Euplotes dammamensis n. sp. ( Figs 1–36 View Figs 1–9 View Figs 10–18 View Figs 19–28 View Figs 29–36 ; Tables 1, 2)
Diagnosis. Marine Euplotes with 10 conspicuous dorsal ridges, 100–170 × 80–120 μm in vivo. Adoral zone comprising about three-quarters of the total cell length, with about 48 membranelles; consistently 10 frontoventral, five transverse and two marginal cirri, and, generally, two or three caudal cirri, with second cirrus prolonged significantly; 11 dorsal kineties with about 16 dikinetids in mid-dorsal row. Macronucleus variable in shape, anterior part typically C-shaped with posterior part distorted.
Type location. Isolated from the Arabian Gulf (26°33′07″N, 50°01′30″E) on 16 December 2011. Salinity about 65‰ and water temperature about 17°C.
Type specimens. The slide (registration number: CXR- 20111216 -20-01) containing the holotype specimen ( Figs 8, 9 View Figs 1–9 , 27, 28 View Figs 19–28 ) and one paratype slide (registration number: CXR- 20111216 -20-02) with protargol-impregnated specimens have been deposited in the Laboratory of Protozoology , Ocean University of China, Qingdao .
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