MORPHOLOGY OF A FRESHWATER PERITRICHOUS CILIATE,VORTICELLA CONVALLARIA (PROTOZOA,CILIOPHORA,PERITRICHIDA)

SHI Xin-Lu; WANG Wen-Jing; LIU Gui-Jie; PENG Xiao-Hui

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ACTA HYDROBIOLOGICA SINICA > 2007 > 31(4): 540-545.

SHI Xin-Lu, WANG Wen-Jing, LIU Gui-Jie, PENG Xiao-Hui. MORPHOLOGY OF A FRESHWATER PERITRICHOUS CILIATE,VORTICELLA CONVALLARIA (PROTOZOA,CILIOPHORA,PERITRICHIDA)[J]. ACTA HYDROBIOLOGICA SINICA, 2007, 31(4): 540-545.

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MORPHOLOGY OF A FRESHWATER PERITRICHOUS CILIATE,VORTICELLA CONVALLARIA (PROTOZOA,CILIOPHORA,PERITRICHIDA)

Hangzhou Key Laboratory for Animal Science and Technology, Hangzhou Normal university, Hangzhou 310036;
2. Life and Environment College, Harbin Normal University, Harbin 150080;
3. Department of Biology, Nan Fang Medical University, Guangzhou 510515

Received Date: November 15, 2004
Rev Recd Date: September 17, 2006
Published Date: July 24, 2007

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The morphology and infraciliature of Vorticella convallaria,collected from both the freshwater ponds near Harbin and Lalin town in China, was described by living and protargol impregnated specimens. Freshwater Vorticella,zooid in vivo 50-85×40-75μm,stout in shape with a wide highly everted peristomial lip. One contractile vacuole ventrally located at the left ofvestibulum and under peristomial lip ;one macronucleus is intestine like,but rather curved in both end. Its adoral end is trans versely oriented and its abord end extends longitudinally to a recurved extremity,nucleus the“S”shape seen in many species of Vorticella ;and two micronuclei located at both end of macronucleus respectively. The number of transverse striations from the peristomial area to aboral ciliary wreath (ACW) was about 74-78,from ACW to scopula,18-24. With 37-42 longitudinalfibers,cell protargol impregnated is like a lantern. Adstomal end of P3 is rather dispersed than other Vorticella ciliatesπ. Peristomi-al disc fibers (PDF) are oblique radiate assignment,with dichotomous end in each fiber, differingconspicuously from the flower or net-like arrays seen in other species of Vorticella. In conclusion,we consider both of the P3 and PDF as the important taxonomic characters in Vorticella convallaria.
- Peritrichida,
- Ciliate,
- Vorticella convallaria,
- Morphology,
- Infraciliature

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