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Pterocystis infundibula sp. n. (Pterocystidae, Pterocystida, Centroplasthelida) – the new species of centrohelid heliozoans from the Gulf of Aqaba, Israel. / Shishkin, Yegor; Drachko, Daria; Zlatogursky, Vasily.
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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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