Neobodo designis (Skuja 1948) Vickerman 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 designis (Skuja 1948) Vickerman 2004

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(= Bodo designis Skuja 1948 )

Observation: Kinetoplastid flagellate. Cell outline is slightly elliptical. Cells are 4 to 7 μm long with two flagella of unequal length emerging from a subapical pocket. The cells have no surface structures. The anterior flagellum is about 1.5 times the cell length and curves back over the rostrum. The posterior flagellum is acronematic, about 3 times the cell length and has a sinuous profile in swimming cells. The cells rotate around their longitudinal axes when swimming. Description based on observations of four cells.

Remarks: Generally, our observations are consistent with those of previous authors ( Larsen and Patterson 1990, Lee and Patterson 2000). This species is characterised by the rotating behaviour of swimming cells, but Bodo cygnus reported by Patterson and Simpson (1996) and B. platyrhynchus Larsen et Patterson 1990 also have a slow rotating swimming movement ( Lee and Patterson 2000). Bodo cygnus can be distinguished because it is bigger and has a spiral groove, and B. platyrhychus is distinguished by its flattened anterior end. Neobodo designis has been found in marine sites worldwide and appears to be cosmopolitan.

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.