Zoothamnium sp. 2

Sergeeva, Nelli G., Abibulaeva, Alie S. & Dovgal, Igor V., 2022, First finds of sessile ciliates (Ciliophora) in artificial and natural caverns on the Crimean coast of the Black Sea, Ecologica Montenegrina 52, pp. 33-41 : 37

publication ID

https://doi.org/10.37828/em.2022.52.5

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/89058799-FFFD-FE71-FF6C-F919FB5BF7EF

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Felipe

scientific name

Zoothamnium sp. 2
status

 

2. Zoothamnium sp. 2 ( fig.3)

Description. The colony is asymmetrical alternately branched, up to 200 μm high with up to 30 zooids in present collection. The diameter of the main branch of the stalk is about 4 μm. Basal part of primary stalk comprises up to 50% of colony height. Zooids elongate, measuring about 5–17 μm in diameter when contracted. Peristomial lip with a medial circumferential infolding.

Our material. Preparate ibss.Cil.4.v deposited in the collection IBSS RAS ( Sevastopol).

Locality. In present find this species is reported attached to Halacarida in fouling of the canal walls from underwater part of the canal (Balaklava Bay, Black Sea) at station № 1 (exit of the canal).

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