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On a new species of hymenostomatous ciliate (Protozoa: Frontoniidae) from India

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A new species of free-living freshwater hymenostomatous ciliate belonging to the genusDisemastoma Lauterborn collected from a pond in West Bengal, India, is described in this paper. It differs from the six known species of the genus in having a comparatively big horse-shoe-shaped macronucleus with slightly swollen ends located dorsally around the peristome. This is the first record of the genusDisemastoma Lauterborn in the Indian sub-continent and the nameDisemastoma bengalensis is suggested for the new species.

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  1. Zoological Survey of India, Calcutta

    K. N. Nair

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Communicated by Dr. B. S. Chauhan,f.a.sc.

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Nair, K.N. On a new species of hymenostomatous ciliate (Protozoa: Frontoniidae) from India. Proc. Indian Acad. Sci. 73, 74–77 (1971). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03045285

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