Rhynchoclevelandella, Pecina & Vďačný, 2022

Pecina, Lukáš & Vďačný, Peter, 2022, DNA barcoding and coalescent-based delimitation of endosymbiotic clevelandellid ciliates (Ciliophora: Clevelandellida): a shift to molecular taxonomy in the inventory of ciliate diversity in panesthiine cockroaches, Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 194 (4), pp. 1072-1102 : 1093

GENUS RHYNCHOCLEVELANDELLA GEN. NOV.

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Diagnosis: Body posteriorly extended into a long peristomial projection; macronucleus oriented with its longer axis obliquely to main body axis; karyophore absent; adoral zone of membranelles on right and paroral membrane on left side of vestibulum. Diagnostic molecular characters as shown in Figure 8 .

Type species: Clevelandia hastula Kidder, 1937 by original designation (Article 68.2 of ICZN, 1999).

Etymology: Composed of the Greek noun rhúnkhos (ῥύ γχος [n]; beak, snout) and the generic name Clevelandella , alluding to the conspicuously long peristomial projection. Feminine gender.

Figures

Figure 8. Diagram of the morpho-molecular evolution of the family Clevelandellidae based on the present phylogenetic analyses. Molecular diagnostic characters are displayed for each marker in two rows: the upper row refers to the group in question (i.e. query group) and the lower row to the reference group, which includes all remaining clevelandellids and nyctotherids. Numbers correspond to the position of characters in the reference alignments. AZM, adoral zone of membranelles; MA, macronucleus; PM, paroral membrane.