Trichodina unionis Hampl, 1955

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Trichodina unionis Hampl, 1955 ( Figs. 3 A-E; 4A-J; and 5A-H; Table 1)

Synonymy

1955 Trichodina unionis n. sp. – Hampl (1955), Zoologischer Anzeiger, 115, 43–49 (original description, illustrations of the aboral ciliary apparatus, drawings of the skeletal ring might have been influenced by previous publications and hence unreliable; hosts: Anodonta cygnea piscinalis Nilsson, 1823 and Unio crassus batavus Maton & Rackett, 1807 )

1960 Trichodina unionis – Lom (1960), Acta Parasitologica Polonica, 8, 169–180 (photograph of a silver nitrate-impregnated specimen from former Czechoslovakia; host: not provided)

1961 Trichodina unionis – Raabe and Raabe (1961), Acta Parasitologica Polonica, 9, 141–152 (description and comparison of Polish populations; hosts: Anodonta cygnea Linnaeus, 1758 and Unio pictorum Linnaeus, 1758 )

1965 Trichodina unionis Fenchel (1965) , Ophelia , 2, 71–174 (a brief description of a Danish population; host: Anodonta cygnea Linnaeus, 1758 )

Figures

Fig. 3 Trichodina unionis after dry silver nitrate (A) and protargol (B–E) impregnation. A, B Overviews of the aboral side, showing the structure of the adhesive disc and aboral ciliary wreath. C Detail of the fine structure of the aboral ciliary wreath. D Overview of the adoral side, showing the oral ciliary pattern and macronucleus. E Detail of the oral ciliary pattern. BM, border membrane; F, oral fibers; G, central granules; GK, germina- tive kinety; HK, haplokinety; IR, inner ring; MA, macronu- cleus; MR, middle ring; OR, outer ring; P1–3, peniculus 1–3; PK, polykinety; PP, peripheral pins; RP, ridial pins. Scale bars=5 μm (C), 10 μm (E), 30 μm (A, B, D)