Mesodinium pulex Claparède and Lachmann
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https://doi.org/ 10.12651/JSR.2018.7.4.291 |
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Mesodinium pulex Claparède and Lachmann |
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15. Mesodinium pulex Claparède and Lachmann View in CoL ,
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Material examined. Marine water (salinity 28‰) collected from Anin Beach , Gangdong-myeon , Gangneung-si, Gangwon-do, Korea (37°44 ʹ 4.7 ʺ N, 128°59 ʹ 24.2 ʺ E) on June 1, 2018 GoogleMaps .
Diagnosis. Body size about 38 × 23 μm in vivo; about 15 × 12 μm after protargol impregnation; body pyriform; 2 oval macronuclei; 2 distinct ciliary girdles consisted of 23-28 short rows: anterior-most tuft obliquely and anteriorly directed, middle tuft horizontally directed and posterior most tuft obliquely posteriorly directed.
Distribution. Cosmopolitan.
Remarks. Mesodinium pulex is different from the most similar species, M. acarus Stein, 1867 , in the body length (38 μm vs. less than 20 μm) and number of macronuclei (2 vs. 1) ( Foissner et al., 1999; Long et al., 2009).
Voucher slides. Two slides of protargol-impregnated specimens were deposited at National Institute of Biological Resources, Korea (NIBRPR0000109432, NI- BRPR0000109433) and one slide was deposited at the National Marine Biodiversity Institute of Korea (MABIK PR00043185).
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