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Redescription of Dexiotricha colpidiopsis (Kahl, 1926) Jankowski, 1964 (Ciliophora, Oligohymenophorea) from a Hot Spring in Iceland with Identification Key for Dexiotricha species

  • We isolated an encysted ciliate from a geothermal field in Iceland. The morphological features of this isolate fit the descriptions of Dexiotricha colpidiopsis (Kahl, 1926) Jankowski, 1964 very well. These comprise body shape and size in vivo, the number of somatic kineties, and the positions of macronucleus and contractile vacuole. Using state-of-the-art taxonomic methods, the species is redescribed, including phylogenetic analyses of the small subunit ribosomal RNA (SSU rRNA) gene as molecular marker. In the phylogenetic analyses, D. colpidiopsis clusters with the three available SSU rRNA gene sequences of congeners, suggesting a monophyly of the genus Dexiotricha. Its closest relative in phylogenetic analyses is D. elliptica, which also shows a high morphological similarity. This is the first record of a Dexiotricha species from a hot spring, indicating a wide temperature tolerance of this species at least in the encysted state. The new findings on D. colpidiopsis are included in a briefly revision of the scuticociliate genus Dexiotricha and an identification key to the species. Słowa kluczowe: Dexiotricha, hot spring, morphology, phylogeny, SSU rRNA gene
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Author:Zhishuai QuORCiD, Rene Groben, Viggo Marteinsson, Sabine Agatha, Sabine Filker, Thorsten StoeckORCiD
URN:urn:nbn:de:hbz:386-kluedo-57802
ISSN:1689-0027
Parent Title (English):Acta Protozoologica
Document Type:Article
Language of publication:English
Date of Publication (online):2018/12/14
Year of first Publication:2018
Publishing Institution:Technische Universität Kaiserslautern
Date of the Publication (Server):2019/10/31
Issue:57/2
Page Number:12
Source:http://www.ejournals.eu/Acta-Protozoologica/2018/Issue-2/art/13131/
Faculties / Organisational entities:Kaiserslautern - Fachbereich Biologie
DDC-Cassification:5 Naturwissenschaften und Mathematik / 570 Biowissenschaften, Biologie
Collections:Open-Access-Publikationsfonds
Licence (German):Zweitveröffentlichung