Metauroleptus arabicus Foissner et al., 2008

Chae, Kyu-Seok, Kim, Kang-San, Jung, Jongwoo & Min, Gi-Sik, 2023, Unrecorded species of Korean protozoans discovered through the project of ‘ Discovery of Korean Indigenous Species’ III, Journal of Species Research 12 (4), pp. 355-361 : 359

10. Metauroleptus arabicus Foissner et al., 2008 ( Figs.

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Metauroleptus arabicus Foissner et al., 2008

Material examined. Jeju-si (33°24′15.2″N, 126°20′59.6″ E), Jeju-do, South Korea; 1 July 2020.

Deposition. NIBRPR0000111140.

Distribution. Saudi Arabia, and South Korea.

Diagnosis. Cell size 130 - 170 × 40 - 60 μm in vivo; body slender to elliptical shape; 37 - 40 adoral zone of membranelles; 2 macronuclear nodules with 2 to 3 micronuclei; 4 frontal cirri; 4 frontoventral rows; 4 - 6 buccal cirri; 1 left (45 - 54 cirri) and 1 right (45 - 55 cirri) marginal cirral row; 2 - 3 transverse cirri; 3 dorsal kineties; 3 - 6 caudal cirri.

Remarks. The Korean population of Metauroleptus arabicus corresponds to the Saudi Arabian population in terms of body size, four frontal cirri, four frontoventral rows and three dorsal kineties ( Foissner et al., 2008).

Figures

Fig. 3. Photomicrographs of Ciliophora(A-D).A, B, ventral (A) and dorsal(B) view of Metauroleptus arabicus after protargol impregnation; C, ventral view of Hemicycliostyla franzi after protargol impregnation; D, E, anterior (D) and posterior(E) dorsal view of H. franzi after protargol impregnation. Scale bars: 50 μm(A, D), 10 μm(C).