Clevelandella fryntai, 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 fryntai sp.nov.

ZooBank registration: urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:E84B29E8-A18E-44E3-92E3-663958980E9D .

Diagnosis: Spade-shaped, dorsoventrally flattened Clevelandella with average length in protargol preparations 143 µm, mean 65 adoral membranelles, and with teardrop-shaped or lenticular macronucleus.

Etymology: Named in honour of eccentric zoologist and ethologist Prof. Daniel Frynta who provided the material.

Type locality: Cambodia, near Mondulkiri province, N12.383, E107.176 .

Type host: Salganea rugulata Saussure , 1895.

Type material: A protargol-impregnated holotype cell ( Fig. 17H–J ) marked in a black circle on a slide deposited in the collection of the National Museum of the Czech Republic, Prague, Czech Republic, inventory number P6E 5460 .

Figures

Figure 17.Clevelandella fryntai sp.nov.from life (A–E) and after protargol impregnation (F–K).From SRU.(A, B, F, G, K) slender morphotype, (C–E, H–J) broad morphotype.A, ventral view showing posterior extent of ciliation on the right margin (white arrowhead) and left margin (black arrowhead).B, dorsal view showing contractile vacuole (white arrowhead) and straight dorsal kineties (white arrow).C, ventral view (optical section) showing cytoplasmic granules, possibly amylopectin (black arrow), right kinetal suture (white arrowhead), adoral membranelles (black arrowhead),and cytoproct (white arrow).D, ventral view showing left-hand spiralling kineties (white arrowhead) and cilia of adoral membranelles (white arrow).E, ventral view showing the margin of the peristomial overture (black arrowhead) and bulbous left protuberance extending over left cell margin (white arrowhead).F, detail showing karyophore(black arrowhead).G, ventral view (optical section) showing the karyophore (black arrowhead), micronucleus (white arrow), and cytoproct (white arrowhead).H, dorsal view showing karyophore (black arrowheads), micronucleus (white arrowhead), and adoral membranelles (black arrow).I, ventral infraciliature showing left-hand spiralling kineties (asterisk) and looping kineties of the peristomial projection (white arrow). J, dorsal infraciliature showing straight dorsal kineties (asterisk). K, detail view showing diplostichomonad paroral (black arrow).Ma, macronucleus.Scale bars: 20 µm (A–E, G–J), 10 µm (F, K).