Clevelandella klobasa, Kotyk & Bourland & Soviš & Méndez-Sánchez & Škaloud & Varadínová & Čepička, 2024

Kotyk, Michael, Bourland, William A., Soviš, Matyáš, Méndez-Sánchez, Daniel, Škaloud, Pavel, Varadínová, Zuzana Kotyková & Čepička, Ivan, 2024, Morphology maưers: congruence of morphology and phylogeny in the integrative taxonomy of Clevelandellidae (Ciliophora: Armophorea) with description of six new species, Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 202 (1), pp. 1-51 : 48

Clevelandella klobasa sp.nov.

ZooBank registration: urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:CC02115A-273A-43BA-9BCB-4F6783939788 .

Diagnosis: Dorsoventrally flattened Clevelandella , broadly lanceolate, peristomial projection inconspicuous, peristomial opening broad. Macronucleus sausage-shaped. Average length in protargol preparations 170 µm.

Etymology: The species epithet is from klobása (n., feminine gender), the Czech word for sausage, referring to the sausage-shaped macronucleus.

Type locality: Papua New Guinea, Wanang 3, N5.228, E145.080 .

Type host: Salganea ternatensis hirsuta Roth , 1979.

Type material: A protargol-impregnated holotype cell ( Fig. 13D ) marked by a black arrow on a slide deposited in the collection of the National Museum of the Czech Republic, Prague, Czech Republic, inventory number P6E 5380 .

Figures

Figure 13. Clevelandella klobasa sp. nov.in vivo (A–C) and after protargol impregnation (D). From STH. A, left ventrolateral view showing thick hyaline subcortical layer (white arrowheads), cilia of adoral membranelles (black arrow), and margin of the peristomial overture (black arrowhead). B, left lateral view showing thick hyaline subcortical layer (white arrowheads), contractile vacuole (black arrowhead), and micronucleus (white arrow).C, optical section showing adoral membranelles (black arrow) and contractile vacuole (black arrowhead).D, left ventrolateral view (optical section) showing micronucleus (white arrow), adoral membranelles (black arrowhead), and paroral membrane (black arrow).Ma, macronucleus.Scale bars: 20 µm.