Clevelandella klobasa, 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 klobasa sp.nov.

ZooBank registration: urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:CC02115A-273A-43BA-9BCB-4F6783939788 .

Diagnosis: Dorsoventrally flaưened Clevelandella * broadly lanceolate* peristomial projection inconspicuous* peristomial opening broad. Macronucleus sausage-shaped. Average length in protargol preparations 170 µm.

Etymology: Ŋe species epithet is from klobása (n.* feminine gender)* the Czech word for sausage* referring to the sausage-shaped macronucleus.

Type locality: Papua New Guinea * Wanang 3* N5.228 * E145.080 .

Type host: Salganea ternatensis hirsuta Roth * 1979.

Type material: A protargol-impregnated holotype cell ( Fig. 13D ) marked by a black arrow on a slide deposited in the collection of the National Museum of the Czech Republic * Prague * Czech Republic * inventory number P6E 5380 .

Figures

Figure 13. Clevelandella klobasa sp. nov.in vivo (A–C) and asser protargol impregnation (D). From STH. A* less ventrolateral view showing thick hyaline subcortical layer (white arrowheads)* cilia of adoral membranelles (black arrow)* and margin of the peristomial overture (black arrowhead). B* less lateral view showing thick hyaline subcortical layer (white arrowheads)* contractile vacuole (black arrowhead)* and micronucleus (white arrow).C* optical section showing adoral membranelles (black arrow) and contractile vacuole (black arrowhead).D* less ventrolateral view (optical section) showing micronucleus (white arrow)* adoral membranelles (black arrowhead)* and paroral membrane (black arrow).Ma* macronucleus.Scale bars: 20 µm.