Dexiotricha colpidiopsis ( Kahl, 1926 ) Jankowski, 1964

Qu, Zhishuai, Groben, René, Marteinsson, Viggó, Agatha, Sabine, Filker, Sabine & Stoeck, Thorsten, 2018, Redescription of Dexiotricha colpidiopsis (Kahl, 1926) Jankowski, 1964 (Ciliophora, Oligohymenophorea) from a Hot Spring in Iceland with Identification Key for Dexiotricha species, Acta Protozoologica 57 (2), pp. 95-106 : 99

Dexiotricha colpidiopsis ( Kahl, 1926) Jankowski, 1964 ( Figs 2 and 3 ; Table 2)

1926 Loxocephalus colpidiopsis, Kahl, Arch. Protistenk. , 55: 197–438.

1960 Loxocephalus enigmaticus, Vuxanovici, Stud. Cercet. Biol. 12: 353–381.

Figures

Fig. 2. Dexiotricha colpidiopsis from live (A–C) and after protargol-staining (D–F). (A) Ventrolateral view of a typical specimen showing the subterminal contractile vacuole (arrow). (B) Ventral view (from Kahl 1926). (C) Right lateral view showing the transverse row of cilia (arrows). (D) Ciliature of oral region. (E, F) Ventral and dorsal views of type specimen. CC, caudal cilium; M1–3, membranelles 1–3; Ma, macronucleus; Mi, micronucleus; PK, postoral kineties; PM, paroral membrane; Sc, scutica; SK, somatic kineties; SK1, first somatic kinety on right margin of buccal cavity; SKn, first somatic kinety on left margin of buccal cavity. Scale bars: 25 µm.

Fig. 3. Photomicrographs of Dexiotricha colpidiopsis from live (A–D; A with bright field illumination, C–D with differential interference contrast microscopy), after dry silver nitrate staining (E), and after protargol-impregnation (F–I). (A, B) Ventrolateral views showing the subterminal contractile vacuole (arrows) and the caudal cilium (arrowhead). (C) Right lateral view showing the transverse row of cilia (arrows). (D) Slightly compressed specimens showing the subterminal contractile vacuole (arrows). (E) Showing the position of the contractile vacuole pore (arrow). (F, G) Ventral and dorsal views of the type specimen. (H, I) Right and left lateral views. M1–3, membranelles 1–3; Ma, macronucleus; Mi, micronucleus; PK, postoral kinety, PM, paroral membrane. Scale bars: 25 µm.