Caudiholosticha stueberi (Foissner, 1987) Berger,, 2003

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12. Caudiholosticha stueberi (Foissner, 1987) Berger,

2003 ( Fig. 2F)

Diagnosis. Body size 170-200 × 70-80 μm in protargol preparations, approximate 250 μm in vivo; body shape elongated ellipsoidal, flattened dorsoventrally, both body ends rounded; flexible. Nuclear apparatus composed of 2 macronuclear nodules with several micronuclei at left mid-body. Cortical granules lacking. Cytoplasm colourless. Movement, without any peculiarities, crawling on soil surface. Cirri pattern, on average, composed of 3 frontal cirri, 1 buccal cirrus, 2 frontoterminal cirri, 17 midventral cirral pairs, 3 transverse cirri, 1 left and 1 right marginal row; 6 dorsal kineties; 3 caudal cirri.

Remarks. Berger (2003) transferred Holosticha species with caudal cirri to the new genus Caudiholosticha . The species can be distinguished from congeners based on the presence of two macronuclear nodules, body size, and terrestrial habitat ( Berger, 2006). Of the Caudiholosticha species, only one species was recorded in Korea ( Shin and Kim, 1993b): C. sylvatica .

Voucher slides. Two slides, including protargol-impregnated specimens (HG), were deposited at the National Institute of Biological Resources in Korea (NIBR PR0000107187, NIBRPR0000107188).