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MICROORGANISMS
Volume 11, Issue 6, Pages -Publisher
MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/microorganisms11061422
Keywords
ciliates; morphology; new species; pleuronematids; SSU rDNA phylogeny
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In this study, two new Pleuronema species were collected from subtropical coastal waters of the East China Sea and investigated using morphology and molecular phylogeny. One new species, Pleuronema ningboensis n. sp., is characterized by an elliptical body, straight right ventrolateral side, and specific features of somatic kineties and membranelle 2a. The improved diagnosis of Pleuronema orientale was provided, including its body size, somatic kineties, preoral kineties, number of macronuclei, and pattern of membranelle 2a arrangement. Molecular phylogenetic analysis confirmed the relationship between these species and other Pleuronema morphospecies.
The genus Pleuronema Dujardin, 1841, with nearly 40 morphospecies, is one of the largest genera in the well-known subclass Scuticociliatia. In the present study, two Pleuronema species were collected from subtropical coastal waters of the East China Sea. The morphology and molecular phylogeny were investigated using modern standard methods. Pleuronema ningboensis n. sp. is mainly characterized by an elliptical body in outline with the right ventrolateral side straight, 16-22 somatic kineties, 3-5 preoral kineties, and the posterior end of the membranelle 2a hook-like. An improved diagnosis of Pleuronema orientale Pan et al., 2015 was provided: body size in vivo usually 90-135 x 45-85 & mu;m, right ventrolateral side convex, 36-51 somatic kineties, 1-5 preoral kineties, one to three spherical macronuclei, membranelle 2a arranged in a zig-zag pattern in middle portion, posterior region hook-like, both membranelle 1 and membranelle 3 composed of three rows of basal bodies. The small subunit ribosomal DNA (SSU rDNA) of two species is sequenced, and their molecular phylogeny is analyzed. The new species Pleuronema ningboensis n. sp. clusters with P. grolierei KF840519, P. setigerum JX310015, P. paucisaetosum KF206430, and P. cf. setigerum KF848875, basically in accord with the morphological characteristics.
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