Kiitoksia ystava Vørs 1992

Aydin, Esra Elif & Lee, Won Je, 2012, Free-living Heterotrophic Flagellates from Intertidal Sediments of Saros Bay, Aegean Sea (Turkey), Acta Protozoologica 51 (2), pp. 119-137 : 127

Kiitoksia ystava Vørs 1992 ( Figs 1n , 4t)

Observation: Cells are cap-shaped, slightly flattened, 2.5–3 µm long and about 2.5 µm wide. One flagellum emerges posteriorly from the posterior margin of the cell and is about 2.5 times the cell length. While gliding the cell vibrates and the flagellum trails behind. Description based on observations of four cells.

Remarks: Generally the observations here are in accordance with the original description of Vørs (1992a). This species is distinguished from the other species in this genus, Kiitoksia kaloista Tong et al. 1997 by the position of the flagellar insertion and by lacking a second flagellum. It shows some similarity to Metromonas simplex , but can be distinguished because M. simplex has two flagella and a side-to-side nodding behavior. It has been found at marine sites in Australia, Arctic Canada, Denmark, England and Gulf of Finland ( Daugbjerg and Vørs 1992; Tong 1997; Tong et al. 1998; Vørs 1992a, b, 1993; Lee 2001; Lee et al. 2003).

Figures

Fig. 1. a – Actinomonas mirabilis/Pteridomonas danica; b – Amastigomonas mutabilis; c – Ancyromonas micra; d – Bicosoeca conica; e – Bordnamonas tropicana; f – Caecitellus parvulus; g – Cafeteria minuta; h – Cafeteria roenbergensis; i – Cyranomonas australis; j – Developayella elegans; k – Discocelis saleuta; l – Goniomonas amphinema; m – Goniomonas pasifica; n – Kiitoksia ystava; o – Dinema platysomum; p – Anisonema acinus; q – Heteronema exaratum; r – Heteronema ovale; s – Kathablepharis remigera; t – Notosolenus canellatus; u – Massisteria marina; v – Metromonas grandis; w – Neobodo designis; x – Neobodo saliens; y – Percolomonas similis. Scale bar: 10 μm for all figures.