Molecular Phylogeny and Ontogeny of a New Ciliate Genus, <i>Paracladotricha salina</i> n. g., n. sp. (Ciliophora, Hypotrichia)
Journal: Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology
Year: 2014

A hypotrichous ciliate, Paracladotricha salina n. g., n. sp., was discovered in hypersaline waters (salinity about 80‰) from Qingdao, China. Its morphology and some major ontogenetic stages were studied and the phylogenetic position was estimated using standard methods. Paracladotricha salina is characterized by a flexible, more or less slender body (size 50-120 × 20-35 μm), a gonostomatid oral apparatus, one short and two long frontoventral rows, four macronuclear nodules, almost completely red