Zosterodasys kryophilus Petz et al. 1995 ...

• Main Authors: Vďačný, Peter, Tirjaková, Eva
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: Zenodo 2012
• Subjects: Biodiversity; Taxonomy; Protozoa; Ciliophora; Nassophorea; Synhymeniida; Orthodonellidae; Zosterodasys; Zosterodasys kryophilus; Antarc*; Antarctica; Sea ice; Weddell Sea
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5630273; https://zenodo.org/doi/10.5281/zenodo.5630273

Zosterodasys kryophilus Petz et al., 1995 (Figs 7 A–G) Zosterodasys kryophilus Petz et al., 1995: 59, fig. 18; Jankowski 2007: 729; Wilbert & Song 2008: 980. Zosterodasys sp. – Agatha et al. 1993: 265, fig. 6. Diagnosis. Size about 100–170 × 50–60 µm in vivo. Body shape obovate to elliptical with left margin anteriorly slightly projecting. Macronucleus ellipsoidal with a single globular micronucleus. About 6–9 contractile vacuoles evenly spaced along left postoral and posterior right body margin. On average 57 ciliary rows: 25–36 ventral and 21–33 dorsal. Synhymenium incompletely encircles cell. On average 22 (17–26) nematodesmal rods. Marine. Type locality. Pancake sea ice of Weddell Sea, Antarctica, W7°19' S69°26'. Type material. One holotype (syntype?) slide (registration number 2001/150) and one paratype slide (registration number 2001/54) with protargol-impregnated specimens were deposited in the Biology Centre of the Museum of Upper Austria, Linz (LI). Etymology. Composite of the Greek noun krýos ... : Published as part of Vďačný, Peter & Tirjaková, Eva, 2012, Taxonomic revision of the ciliate genus Zosterodasys Deroux, 1978 (Protista: Ciliophora: Synhymeniida), pp. 34-58 in Zootaxa 3345 on pages 47-49, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.281497 ...