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Taxonomic description of a new marine ciliate, Euplotes qingdaoensis n. sp. (Ciliophora: Euplotida)

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The characteristics and infraciliature of a new euplotid ciliate, Euplotes qingdaoensis n. sp., discovered from the coastal waters of Jiaozhou Bay, northern China, were studied using live observation and silver impregnation. The new marine species is characterized by a slightly flattened body (90–110 μm×70–80 μm, in vivo), an adoral zone of 26–29 membranelles, 10 strong frontoventral and five transverse cirri, two caudal cirri, a single left marginal cirrus, seven dorsal kineties, a middle kinety with about 15 pairs of basal bodies, a silverline system of the double-eurystomus type, and a C-shaped macronucleus.

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  1. School of Marine Science, Ningbo University, Ningbo, 315211, China

    Xiangrui Chen  (陈相瑞)

  2. Laboratory of Protozoology, Institute of Evolution & Marine Biodiversity, Ocean University of China, Qingdao, 266003, China

    Honggang Ma  (马洪钢)

  3. Zoology Department, College of Science, King Saud University, Riyadh, 11451, Saudi Arabia

    Khaled A. S. Al-Rasheid

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Supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Nos. 41006086, 31272285), the Natural Science Foundation of Zhejiang Province (No. LY13C040005), the King Saud University, Deanship of Scientific Research, Research Group Project (No. RGP-VPP-083), and the K. C. Wong Magna Fund in Ningbo University

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Chen, X., Ma, H. & Al-Rasheid, K.A.S. Taxonomic description of a new marine ciliate, Euplotes qingdaoensis n. sp. (Ciliophora: Euplotida). Chin. J. Ocean. Limnol. 32, 426–432 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00343-014-3147-x

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