Hemiamphisiella granulifera ( Foissner, 1987 )

Jung, Ji Hye Kim and Jae-Ho, 2019, Brief description of newly recorded eight ciliate species (Protozoa, Ciliophora) collected from South Korea, Journal of Species Research 8 (4), pp. 380-388 : 384

4. Hemiamphisiella granulifera ( Foissner, 1987)

Foissner, 1988 ( Fig. 4 )

Material examined. Terrestrial moss collected from Mt. Odaesan , Yeongok-myeon , Ganungneung-si, Gangwon-do, Korea (37°44 ʹ 8 ʺ N, 128°35 ʹ 16 ʺ E) on 16 December 2017 .

Diagnosis. Body size about 120 × 30 μm after protargol impregnation; body elongated elliptical shape; 2 ellipsoidal macronuclear nodules; 1 spherical micronucleus; 29- 36 adoral membranelles; 3 frontal cirri; 1 buccal cirrus; 40-46 cirri in amphisiellid median cirral row; about 5 cirri in right ventral row; transverse cirri lacking; 2(?) caudal cirri; 3 dorsal kineties.

Distribution. Korea, Kenya, and Portugal.

Remarks. The Korean population of H. granulifera corresponds with the type population, except for the number of right ventral cirri (five vs. three) ( Berger, 2008). Regarding the caudal cirri, the number is seemingly two in our population as in the original description by Foissner (1987); however, as Foissner (1987) and Berger (2008) mentioned, it is difficult to distinguish from the left mar- ginal row.

Voucher slides. Two slides of protargol-impregnated specimens were deposited at National Institute of Biological Resources (NIBRPR0000109478, NIBRPR0000109477).

Figures

Fig. 4. Hemiamphisiella granulifera after protargol impregnation. A. Ventral view showing somatic, oral infraciliature and macronuclear nodules. B. Dorsal view showing dorsal kineties. Scale bars=50μm.