Pseudotetrahymena, Wang & Liu & Wang & Wang & Wang & Wang & Zhao & Pan, 2025

Wang, Xiang, Liu, Lihui, Wang, Jialu, Wang, Xiaosong, Wang, Jiarui, Wang, Li, Zhao, Lv & Pan, Xuming, 2025, Systematic positions and taxonomy of two freshwater ciliates found in China, with establishments of one new family and two new species (Ciliophora, Oligohymenophorea), European Journal of Taxonomy 981, pp. 1-20 : 5

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2025.981.2813
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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15024738
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scientific name	Pseudotetrahymena
status	gen. nov.

Treatment

Genus Pseudotetrahymena gen. nov.

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Diagnosis

The size in vivo is about 165–230 × 125–210 μm; the anterior end pointed and the posterior end broadly rounded; the buccal field is big and deep, approximately 40% of body the length; 19 or 20 somatic kineties; two postoral kineties; M1 and M2 are approximately equal length; M2 consists of three parts (M2a, b, c); M3 is shorter than M1 and M2; one macronucleus; micronucleus is not observed; freshwater habitat.

Etymology

The genus-group name ‘ Pseudotetrahymena ’ highlights the difference of the oral apparatus and outline from that of the genus Tetrahymena .

Type species

Pseudotetrahymena orientalis gen. et sp. nov. (monotypic genus).