Cultellothrix coemeterii (Kahl, 1943) Foissner and, 2007

Kim, Ji-Yeong & Jung, Jae-Ho, 2016, Taxonomic survey on ciliate diversity in eastern area of Kangwon-province, Korea: Brief records of fifteen species unrecorded from Korea, Journal of Species Research 5 (3), pp. 333-342 : 336

4. Cultellothrix coemeterii (Kahl, 1943) Foissner and

Xu, 2007 ( Fig. 1D )

Diagnosis: Body size 55 × 18 μm in protargol preparations; body narrowly spatulate with oblong oral bulge. Macronuclear nodule reniform. Contractile vacuole at posterior body end. Cytoplasm colorless. Usually 12 ciliary rows; dorsal brush positioned distinctly lateral side; anterior cilia moderately reduced. Extrusomes cylindrical, colorless. Circumoral kinety closed.

Remark: It is first record of member belonging to the family Arcuospathidiidae from Korea. Other spathidiids were frequently occurred from our moss samples and they seem to be very diverse ( Foissner and Xu, 2007). The other spathidiids occurred in our samples will be reported later with further investigation.

Voucher slides: Two slides including protargol­impregnated specimens have been deposited in the National Institute of Biological Resources in Korea (NIBRPR0000 107140, NIBRPR0000107141).

Figures

Fig. 1. Protargol­stained specimens. A. Grossglockneria acuta, right side view, 35 μm in length; B. Nivaliella plana, right side view, 12 μm in length; C. Blepharisma hyalinum, right side view, 65 μm in length; D. Cultellothrix coemeterii, left side view, 55 μm in length; E. Drepanomonas hymenofera hymenofera, right side view, 30 μm in length; F. Leptopharynx costatus costatus, right side view, 25 μm in length; G. Obertrumia gracilis, ventral view, 65μm in length; H. Furgasonia rubens, ventral view, 45μm in length.