Epiclintes auricularis rarisetus Hu, Fan, Lin,, 2009

Kim, Ji Hye, Omar, Atef & Jung, Ji Hye Moon and Jae-Ho, 2020, Taxonomy of 16 indigenous ciliate species (Protozoa, Ciliophora) from South Korea, Journal of Species Research 9 (4), pp. 427-442 : 430

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https://doi.org/ 10.12651/JSR.2020.9.4.427

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Epiclintes auricularis rarisetus Hu, Fan, Lin,
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4. Epiclintes auricularis rarisetus Hu, Fan, Lin,

Gong & Song, 2009 ( Fig. 4 View Fig )

Material examined. Marine water with some debris (salinity, 30.7‰) collected from Anin Beach , Gangdong-myeon , Gangneung-si, Gangwon-do, Korea (37°44′4.7″N 128°59′24.2″E) on 10 Dec 2018 GoogleMaps .

Diagnosis. Body size in vivo 250-300 × 25-30 μm (n = 3); elongated and cephalized with long tail; highly contractile; paroral and endoral membrane short and parallel; about 28 adoral membranelles; 2 frontal cirri; 8 frontoventral rows; 4 cirri in frontral row 1; 4-6 cirri in frontral row 2; 5 cirri in frontral row 3; 12 or 13 cirri in frontral row 4; 11-13 cirri in frontal row 5; 11 or 12 cirri in frontal row 6; 7-10 cirri in frontal row 7; 9 or 10 cirri in frontal row 8; 25-27 left marginal cirri; 39-42 right marginal cirri; 13-17 transverse cirri; 22-25 macronuclear nodules; bar-shaped dorsal bristles; and 3 dorsal kineties.

Distribution. China and Korea.

Remarks. The Korean population of Epiclintes auricularis rarisetus corresponds very well with the type population ( Hu et al., 2009). Epiclintes auricularis rarisetus and E. auricularis auricularis (Claparède & Lachmann, 1858) Stein, 1864 are different in the number of adoral membranelles (23-33 vs. 41-71), the number of frontal cirri (2 or 3 vs. usually 0 or 1), the number of frontal rows (8 or 9 vs. usually 11-15), the number of cirri in left marginal row (22-31 vs. 45-63), the number of cirri in right marginal row (35-54 vs. usually 63-129), the number of transverse cirri (10-18 vs. 18-43), and the number of macronuclear nodules (24-70 vs. 40-123) as described by Hu et al. (2009).

Voucher slides. Two slides with protargol-impregnated specimens were deposited at National Institute of Biological Resources (NIBRPR0000110211, NIBRPR0000110 212).

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