Pseudomonilicaryon falciforme (Kahl, 1931) Vďačný, 2012

Bharti, Daizy & Kumar, Santosh, 2019, Ten new records of Protozoan Ciliates (Protozoa: Ciliophora) from India, Records of the Zoological Survey of India 119 (2), pp. 111-119 : 117-118

10. Pseudomonilicaryon falciforme (Kahl, 1931) Vďačný

& Foissner, 2012 ( Figure 4C, D )

Diagnosis of the Indian population (Data based on 4 specimens): Size about 350 × 35 μm in protargol preparations; shape narrowly to cylindroidally dileptid with acute posterior end, proboscis about 1/3 of body length. Nuclear apparatus moniliform, composed of 30 globular to oblong macronuclear nodules with about 15 globular micronucleus. Two types of extrusomes attached to proboscis oral bulge: type I rod-shaped to narrowly ovate, usually 6 × 0.5 μm; type II ovate, 3 × 0.5 μm long. On average 40 ciliary rows.

Material deposited: Two slides with protargol-impregnated specimens have been deposited at the National Zoological Collections of the Zoological Survey of India, Kolkata, India with the following accession numbers Pt. 4012/5 (5 specimens marked on the slide) and Pt. 4013/5 (1 specimen marked on the slide) .

Occurrence and ecology: Thus far, Pseudomonilicaryon falciforme has been recorded from Germany, Austria, Hawaii , Tibetan Plateau , and China ( Vďačny & Foissner, 2012). The present study report its presence from the soil samples collected from the Flamingo Bird Sanctuary (19°06’40’’N 72°59’49’’E and 19°05’50’’N 72°56’25’’E). The samples were collected from the terrestrial site with heavy vegetation and grassland inside the butterfly park and from grassland, trees and mangrove. It feeds on flagellates, bacteria, naked and testate amoebae, and ciliates .

Figures

Figure 4. Photomicrographs of protargol impregnated specimens. A, B. Dileptus beersi. Arrowheads point to the oral opening. C, D. Pseudomonilicaryon falciforme. Arrowhead points to the oral opening. E1, type 1 extrusomes; E2, type 2 extrusomes; MA, macronuclear nodules; MI, micronuclei. Scale bars 80 μm (A, D), 15 μm (B, C).