Journal
EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF PROTISTOLOGY
Volume 73, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
ELSEVIER GMBH
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejop.2019.125670
Keywords
Crustacea; Epibionts; Peritrich ciliates; Polychaete; SSU rDNA; Taxonomy
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- Natural Science Foundation of China [41976086, 31672251,41576134]
- Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities [201762017]
- Pearl River Science and Technology Nova Program of Guangzhou [201610010162]
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Four epibiotic sessilid peritrichs, i.e., Zoothamntum wilberti n. sp., Baikalonis microdiscus n. sp., Epistylis anastatica (Linnaeus, 1767) Ehrenberg, 1830, and Rhabdostyla commensalis Mbbius, 1888, were isolated from one syllid polychaete and three crustacean hosts in Qingdao, China. For each species, specimens were observed both in vivo and following silver staining. Their SSU rDNA was also sequenced for phylogenetic analyses. Zoothamnium wilberti II. sp. is characterized by the appearance of its colony, which is up to 350 lam high, and usually has fewer than 16 zooids, and the dichotomously branched stalk with transverse wrinkles, the conspicuously conical peristomial disc, and infundibular polykinety 3 comprising three isometric ciliary rows. Baikalonis microdiscus n. sp. can he recognized by its barrel-shaped zooid, small peristomial disc, smooth and short stalk, and its unusual infundibular polykinety 3 comprising a long inner row and a short outer row. Two poorly known species, i.e., Epistylis anastatica and Rhabdostyla commensalis, are redescribed and redefined. Phylogenetic analyses reveal that: (i) R. commensalis is closely related to the family Astylozoidae rather than to the morphologically similar Epistylididae; (ii) B. microdiscus n, sp. is sister to the family Scyphidiidae; (iii) E. anastatica groups with vorticellids and ophrydiids, which further supports the polyphyly of the genus Epistylis; and (iv) Z. wilberti n. sp. is nested within the Zoothamniidae, as expected, (C) 2020 Elsevier GmbH. All rights reserved.
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