A New Species of Heliochona, H. psychra n. sp. (Ciliata: Chonotrichida), from Nuwuk Lake, Alaska*

SYNOPSIS. Heliochona psychra n. sp. (Ciliata: Chonotrichi‐da), an ectocommensal on the pleopodal bristles of Gammarus setosa Dementieva from Nuwuk Lake, a marine halocline lake at Point Barrow, Alaska is described. H. psychra differs from the older species H. scheutenii Stein and H. sessilis Plate i...

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Published in:The Journal of Protozoology
Main Authors: MATSUDO, HITOSHI, MOHR, JOHN LUTHER
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Wiley 1965
Subjects:
Barrow
Point Barrow
Alaska
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1550-7408.1965.tb03251.x
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Summary:SYNOPSIS. Heliochona psychra n. sp. (Ciliata: Chonotrichi‐da), an ectocommensal on the pleopodal bristles of Gammarus setosa Dementieva from Nuwuk Lake, a marine halocline lake at Point Barrow, Alaska is described. H. psychra differs from the older species H. scheutenii Stein and H. sessilis Plate in its size, outline of the cytosome, and appearance of the funnel rays.

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