A new freshwater ciliate from northeastern Azerbaijan: Gymnocyclidium nabranicum n. gen., n. sp and Gymnociclidiidae n. fam. (Scuticociliatida, Ciliophora)

Authors

ILHAM ALEKPEROV

DOI

10.3906/zoo-0807-2

Abstract

From 2003 to 2006, the freshwater ciliates of northeastern Azerbaijan were studied. The present paper describes a new ciliate - Gymnocyclidium nabranicum n. gen., n. sp. (Gymnocyclidiidae n. fam.) that clearly differs from other representatives of Scuticociliatida by reduction of bipolar somatic kineties to 2 or 3 short longitudinal crowns. Gymnocyclidiidae n. fam. includes 3 genera - Gymnocyclidium n. gen. (type genus), Paurotricha Dragesco and Dragesco-Kerneis, 1991 and Paracyclidium Grolière, de Puytorac, Grain, 1980.

Keywords

Scuticociliatida, freshwater, ciliates, Azerbaijan

First Page

447

Last Page

450

Recommended Citation

ALEKPEROV, ILHAM (2009) "A new freshwater ciliate from northeastern Azerbaijan: Gymnocyclidium nabranicum n. gen., n. sp and Gymnociclidiidae n. fam. (Scuticociliatida, Ciliophora)," Turkish Journal of Zoology: Vol. 33: No. 4, Article 10. https://doi.org/10.3906/zoo-0807-2
Available at: https://journals.tubitak.gov.tr/zoology/vol33/iss4/10