Neobodo saliens ( Larsen et Patterson 1990 ) Moreira et al. 2004

Aydin, Esra Elif & Lee, Won Je, 2012, Free-living Heterotrophic Flagellates from Intertidal Sediments of Saros Bay, Aegean Sea (Turkey), Acta Protozoologica 51 (2), pp. 119-137 : 128

Neobodo saliens ( Larsen et Patterson 1990) Moreira et al. 2004 ( Figs 1x , 2s )

(= Bodo saliens Larsen et Patterson 1990 )

Observation: Cells are usually elongately elliptical and somewhat inflexible, and are 8 to 9 μm long. Two flagella of unequal length emerge subapically from a shallow pocket. The anterior flagellum is slightly longer than the cell and is held forwards with a single anterior curve held perpendicular to the substrate. The posterior flagellum is acronematic, typically directed straight behind the cell and is about 2 times the cell length. The cells swim in rapid darts in straight lines. Description based on observations of four cells.

Remarks: Neobodo saliens is distinguished from other species of the genera Neobodo, Parabodo and Bodo by its rapid darting movement and the posterior flagellum that is directed in a straight line when swimming. This species is reported from marine sediments worldwide with sizes from 4 to 15 µm ( Vørs 1992b; Tong et al. 1998; Lee and Patterson 1998, 2000; Al-Qassab et al. 2002; Lee 2002, 2006b; Lee et al. 2003).

Figures

Fig. 1. a – Actinomonas mirabilis/Pteridomonas danica; b – Amastigomonas mutabilis; c – Ancyromonas micra; d – Bicosoeca conica; e – Bordnamonas tropicana; f – Caecitellus parvulus; g – Cafeteria minuta; h – Cafeteria roenbergensis; i – Cyranomonas australis; j – Developayella elegans; k – Discocelis saleuta; l – Goniomonas amphinema; m – Goniomonas pasifica; n – Kiitoksia ystava; o – Dinema platysomum; p – Anisonema acinus; q – Heteronema exaratum; r – Heteronema ovale; s – Kathablepharis remigera; t – Notosolenus canellatus; u – Massisteria marina; v – Metromonas grandis; w – Neobodo designis; x – Neobodo saliens; y – Percolomonas similis. Scale bar: 10 μm for all figures.

Fig. 2. a – Actinomonas mirabilis/Pteridomonas danica; b – Amastigomonas mutabilis; c – Ancyromonas micra; d – Bicosoeca conica; e – Caecitellus parvulus, note the mouth on the left-hand side; f – Bordnamonas tropicana; g – Cafeteria roenbergensis; h – Cyranomonas australis; i – Developayella elegans; j – Discocelis saleuta; k – Goniomonas amphinema; l – Cafeteria minuta, feeding cell; m – Anisonema acinus, dorsal view, note the ingestion organelle; n – Dinema platysomum, ventral view showing surface striations; o – Goniomonas pacifica; p – Heteronema exaratum, ventral view, general appearance of cell; q – Kathablepharis remigera; r – Massisteria marina; s – Neobodo saliens; t – Neobodo designis; u–v – Heteronema ovale, same cell; u – general appearance; v – extended cell. All micrographs are DIC images. Scale bar: 5 μm for all figures.