Leptopharynx costatus costatus Mermod, 1914
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https://doi.org/ 10.12651/JSR.2016.5.3.333 |
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13145015 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/A67C5C14-FF81-FFAC-FF6D-4164BB32FA92 |
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Felipe |
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Leptopharynx costatus costatus Mermod, 1914 |
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6. Leptopharynx costatus costatus Mermod, 1914 View in CoL
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Diagnosis: Body size 25 × 15 μm in protargol preparations; body broadly ellipsoidal with blunt end of ventral side; rigid. Macronuclear nodule spherical to elliptical, positioned at midbody. Contractile vacuole at 2/3 of body length. Cytoplasm colorless. Usually 10 somatic and 3 preoral kineties. Extrusomes fusiform.
Remark: Because of the small size (ca. 25 μm in length), it could be easily neglected. Omar and Foissner (2012a) reported a new subspecies L. costatus gonohymen , which can be distinguished from L. costatus costatus by the shape of adoral membranelles.
Voucher slides: Two slides including protargolimpregnated specimens have been deposited in the National Institute of Biological Resources in Korea (NIBRPR0000 107130, NIBRPR0000107131).
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