Hostname: page-component-7b9c58cd5d-f9bf7 Total loading time: 0 Render date: 2025-03-16T02:58:30.821Z Has data issue: false hasContentIssue false

A new species of Holosticha (Ciliophora: Hypotrichida) from the coastal waters of Nagasaki, Japan: Holosticha nagasakiensis sp. nov.

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 February 2004

Xiaozhong Hu
Affiliation:
Faculty of Fisheries, Nagasaki University, Bunkyo-machi 1-14, Nagasaki 852-8521, Japan Laboratory of Protozoology, Ocean University of China, Qingdao 266003, People's Republic of China
Toshikazu Suzuki
Affiliation:
Faculty of Fisheries, Nagasaki University, Bunkyo-machi 1-14, Nagasaki 852-8521, Japan
Rights & Permissions [Opens in a new window]

Abstract

Core share and HTML view are not available for this content. However, as you have access to this content, a full PDF is available via the ‘Save PDF’ action button.

The morphology and infraciliature of the marine hypotrichous ciliate Holostichanagasakiensisi sp. nov. from the coastal waters of Nagasaki, Japan are described based on living and protargol-impregnated specimens. The new species is characterized by: medium-sized marine Holosticha,in vivo 100–150×30–40 μm with elongated body shape and slightly greyish to reddish cell colour; cortical granules arranged in conspicuously longitudinal rows; 24–32 adoral membranelles; ∼20 midventral cirral pairs and 7–10 transverse cirri; 28–42 left and 25–38 right marginal cirri; constantly 4 frontal cirri and 3 dorsal kineties; 23–63 macronuclear nodules.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
© 2004 Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom