Clevelandella sidi, Kotyk & Bourland & Soviš & Méndez-Sánchez & Škaloud & Varadínová & Čepička, 2024

Kotyk, Michael, Bourland, William A., Soviš, Matyáš, Méndez-Sánchez, Daniel, Škaloud, Pavel, Varadínová, Zuzana Kotyková & Čepička, Ivan, 2024, Morphology maưers: congruence of morphology and phylogeny in the integrative taxonomy of Clevelandellidae (Ciliophora: Armophorea) with description of six new species, Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 202 (1), pp. 1-51 : 48

Clevelandella sidi sp.nov.

ZooBank registration: urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:312386D2-BE75-45F2-AEE7-E24D28C77719 .

Diagnosis: Dorsoventrally flaưened Clevelandella with average length in protargol preparations 142 µm* mean 52 adoral membranelles* broad* inverted teardrop-shaped macronucleus* and entirely diplostichomonad POM.

Etymology: Named in honour of exceptional terrain entomologist and leader of PNG expedition* Dr Petr ‘Sidi’ Stiblík.

Typelocality: Cambodia * nearMondulkiriNP* N12.383 * E107.176 .

Type host: Salganea rugulata Saussure * 1895.

Type material: A protargol-impregnated holotype cell ( Fig. 15C ) marked in a black circle on a slide deposited in the collection of the National Museum of the Czech Republic * Prague * Czech Republic * inventory number P6E 5438 .

Figures

Figure 15. Clevelandella sidi sp.nov.in vivo (A* B) and asser protargol impregnation (C–H). From SRU (A–H). A* ventral view showing contractile vacuole (white arrowhead) and cilia of adoral membranelles (white arrow). B* ventral view showing contractile vacuole (white arrowhead)* adoral membranelles (black arrow)* and elevated margin of the cytoproct (white arrow).C–E* the same cell in dorsal view: C* showing somatic infraciliature (asterisk)* cytoproct (black arrowhead)* and adoral membranelles (white arrow); D* showing cytoproct (black arrowhead) and dorsal kineties (white arrowhead); E* optical section showing excretory antrum within the less protuberance (black arrowheads). F* detail of the macronucleus showing the karyophore (white arrow). G* detail showing the micronucleus (white arrowhead). H* detail of the paroral membrane showing both files of equal length and extending nearly to the posterior end of the peristomial projection (white arrowheads)* a feature unique to this species.Asterisk marks the anterior end. Ma* macronucleus.Scale bars:20 µm (A–D) 10 µm (E–G)* 5 µm (H* I).