Neobodo saliens ( Larsen and Patterson 1990 ) Moreira et al. 2004

Lee, Won Je, 2015, Small Free-Living Heterotrophic Flagellates from Marine Sediments of Gippsland Basin, South-Eastern Australia, Acta Protozoologica 54 (1), pp. 53-76 : 58

Neobodo saliens ( Larsen and Patterson 1990) Moreira et al. 2004 ( Fig. 2g )

Observation: Cells are usually elongate elliptical and somewhat inflexible, 4 to 12 µm long. Two flagella of unequal length emerge subapically from a shallow pocket. The anterior flagellum is as long as the cell and held forwards with a single anterior curve, held perpendicular to the substrate. The posterior flagellum is acronematic, typically directed straight behind the cell and 2.5 to 3.5 times the cell length. The cells swim in rapid darts in straight lines. Frequently observed.

Remarks: This species appears to be cosmopolitan. Generally, the observations presented here are in accord with those of previous observers under the name Bodo saliens . Neobodo saliens is characterized by the rapid darting movement, the anterior flagellum held forwards with a single anterior curve, held perpendicular to the substrate and the posterior flagellum directed in a straight line when the cell is swimming.

Figures

Fig. 2. a – Chilomastix cuspidata, showing general appearance of cell; b – Goniomonas amphinema, showing general appearance of cell; c – G. pacifica, note two flagella diverging; d – Percolomonas similis, note ventral groove; e – Bodo platyrhynchus; f – Neobodo curvifilus; g – N. saliens; h–i – Hemistasia phaeocysticola, note a papillum (arrow); j – Bordnamonas tropicana, showing general appearance and mouth (arrow); k – Rhynchomonas nasuta; l–o – Rhynchobodo simius; l – tubular ingestion organelle (arrow); m, o – showing groove; n – general appearance of cell; p–q – Rhynchopus amitus; r–s – Spironema multiciliatum; t – Amastigomonas debruynei, general appearance of cell; u – Amastigomonas mutabilis, note anterior flagellum projecting from sleeve and recurrent flagellum; v – Apusomonas sp.; w – Psammosa unguis nov. comb., general appearance of cell; x–y – Mantamonas plastica; x – note anterior flagellum (arrow) and y – ventral depression.All micrographs are DIC images. Scale bar: 5 µm for all figures.