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@article{cab174bf728e48549c741805cb900490,
title = "Pterocystis infundibula sp. n. (Pterocystidae, Pterocystida, Centroplasthelida) – the new species of centrohelid heliozoans from the Gulf of Aqaba, Israel",
abstract = "A new species of centrohelid heliozoans Pterocystis infundibula sp. n. from the Gulf of Aqaba (Israel) was studied with light and electron microscopy. The cell diameter is 10.53–19.03 (average 13.73) μm. P. infundibula has scales of two distinct types. Plate scales are 1.99–3.02 (av. 2.53) × 1.10–1.54 (av. 1.35) μm in size, flat, oval or slightly ovoid with an axial thickening. Spine scales are 1.39–5.22 (av. 2.88) μm long, with a funnel-shaped base, which is indistinctly continuous with a shaft, demonstrating gradual levels of reduction to the extent of the complete absence. Spine scales are fenestrated with holes of irregular shape and have a thin marginal border. The cells are floating or attached to the substratum, sometimes in aggregates of 2–5 cells. The similarities with and differences from other Pterocystis spp. as well as other centrohelids are discussed.",
keywords = "centrohelids, Centroplasthelida, external skeleton, heliozoa, Pterocystida, Systematics, systematics, externalskeleton",
author = "Yegor Shishkin and Daria Drachko and Vasily Zlatogursky",
note = "Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2022 Protozoological Society Affiliated with RAS",
year = "2022",
doi = "10.21685/1680-0826-2022-16-1-1",
language = "English",
volume = "16",
pages = "3--9",
journal = "Protistology",
issn = "1680-0826",
publisher = "Protozoological Society Affiliated With The Russian Academy Of Sciences",
number = "1",

}

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TY - JOUR

T1 - Pterocystis infundibula sp. n. (Pterocystidae, Pterocystida, Centroplasthelida) – the new species of centrohelid heliozoans from the Gulf of Aqaba, Israel

AU - Shishkin, Yegor

AU - Drachko, Daria

AU - Zlatogursky, Vasily

N1 - Publisher Copyright: © 2022 Protozoological Society Affiliated with RAS

PY - 2022

Y1 - 2022

N2 - A new species of centrohelid heliozoans Pterocystis infundibula sp. n. from the Gulf of Aqaba (Israel) was studied with light and electron microscopy. The cell diameter is 10.53–19.03 (average 13.73) μm. P. infundibula has scales of two distinct types. Plate scales are 1.99–3.02 (av. 2.53) × 1.10–1.54 (av. 1.35) μm in size, flat, oval or slightly ovoid with an axial thickening. Spine scales are 1.39–5.22 (av. 2.88) μm long, with a funnel-shaped base, which is indistinctly continuous with a shaft, demonstrating gradual levels of reduction to the extent of the complete absence. Spine scales are fenestrated with holes of irregular shape and have a thin marginal border. The cells are floating or attached to the substratum, sometimes in aggregates of 2–5 cells. The similarities with and differences from other Pterocystis spp. as well as other centrohelids are discussed.

AB - A new species of centrohelid heliozoans Pterocystis infundibula sp. n. from the Gulf of Aqaba (Israel) was studied with light and electron microscopy. The cell diameter is 10.53–19.03 (average 13.73) μm. P. infundibula has scales of two distinct types. Plate scales are 1.99–3.02 (av. 2.53) × 1.10–1.54 (av. 1.35) μm in size, flat, oval or slightly ovoid with an axial thickening. Spine scales are 1.39–5.22 (av. 2.88) μm long, with a funnel-shaped base, which is indistinctly continuous with a shaft, demonstrating gradual levels of reduction to the extent of the complete absence. Spine scales are fenestrated with holes of irregular shape and have a thin marginal border. The cells are floating or attached to the substratum, sometimes in aggregates of 2–5 cells. The similarities with and differences from other Pterocystis spp. as well as other centrohelids are discussed.

KW - centrohelids

KW - Centroplasthelida

KW - external skeleton

KW - heliozoa

KW - Pterocystida

KW - Systematics

KW - systematics

KW - externalskeleton

UR - https://www.zin.ru/journals/protistology/

UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85131037510&partnerID=8YFLogxK

U2 - 10.21685/1680-0826-2022-16-1-1

DO - 10.21685/1680-0826-2022-16-1-1

M3 - Article

VL - 16

SP - 3

EP - 9

JO - Protistology

JF - Protistology

SN - 1680-0826

IS - 1

ER -

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