Frontonia anatolica n. sp., a new peniculid ciliate (Protista, Ciliophora) from Lake Van, Turkey

Authors

İSMAİL YILDIZ
NACİYE GÜLKIZ ŞENLER

DOI

10.3906/zoo-1203-33

Abstract

The morphology, ciliature, and silverline system of a new ciliate, Frontonia anatolica n. sp., isolated from the bottom sediment of the eastern shore of Lake Van, a large alkaline lake in Eastern Anatolia Turkey, were investigated using live and silver impregnation methods. Frontonia anatolica n. sp. is characterised by an elliptical body shape; by an in-vivo body size of 101-134 x 47-67 \mum; by dorsoventral flattening of about 2:3 to 1:2; by 2 contractile vacuoles located in the anterior and posterior body parts, each with 6-7 collecting canals and 1 excretory pore; by about 93 somatic kineties; by 3 vestibular and 3-5 postoral kineties; and by peniculi 1 and 2 each having 4 ciliary rows, and peniculus 3 having 2 ciliary rows.

Keywords

Frontonia, morphology, new species, alkaline habitat

First Page

24

Last Page

30

Recommended Citation

YILDIZ, İSMAİL and ŞENLER, NACİYE GÜLKIZ (2013) "Frontonia anatolica n. sp., a new peniculid ciliate (Protista, Ciliophora) from Lake Van, Turkey," Turkish Journal of Zoology: Vol. 37: No. 1, Article 4. https://doi.org/10.3906/zoo-1203-33
Available at: https://journals.tubitak.gov.tr/zoology/vol37/iss1/4