Colpoda maupasi Enriquez, 1908

Lee, Sue Yeon, Yoo, Jung Sun & Kim, Seung Tae, 2017, Morhological record of three soil ciliates (Ciliophora) from Korea, Journal of Species Research 6, pp. 110-113 : 110-112

1. Colpoda maupasi Enriquez, 1908

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Material examined. Soil (pH 6) with twigs under a tree, Geonhwa-gil (Sarabong Park), Jeju-do Province, Korea (33°31 ʹ N 126°32 ʹ E), collected by Dong-Ha Ahn in November 2014 .

Diagnosis. Body size approximately 65 × 30 μm in vivo and 55 × 30 μm in impregnated specimens, reniform, rigid, preoral portion very shortened, and vestibular kineties and postoral sack lacking. Contractile vacuole at posterior body end. Cytoplasm colorless. One macronucleus and one micronucleus. Typical Colpoda ciliature pattern; usually 12 somatic kineties, eight left polykinetids. Vestibular kineties lacking.

Remarks. Colpoda maupasi was found in the same soil sample as C. cucullus and C. inflata . Colpoda maupasi can easily be distinguished from other Colpoda species by a remarkably shortened preoral portion and lack of a postoral sack ( Foissner, 1993).

Distribution. Africa, Europe, Japan, India, New Zealand, North America.

Deposition. One voucher slide with protargol-impregnated specimens was deposited in the National Institute of Biological Resources in Korea (NIBRPR0000107256).

Identifiers. Kang-San Kim and Gi-Sik Min.

Family Tillinidae Foissner et al., 2011 ṴH 나ḑAEệâ (ljḡ)

Genus Tillina Grüber, 1879 ṴH 나ḑAEệẃ (ljḡ)