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Table 2 Comparison of Gruberia foissneri spec. nov. with three congeners

From: New contributions to two ciliate genera (Ciliophora, Heterotrichea) based on morphological and molecular analyses, with description of a new Gruberia species

Species

Body size

Peristome lengtha

Number of adoral membranelles

Number of SK (including bipolar and shortened SK)

Number of FPM

Ma number and shape

CV*

Collection site

Reference

G. foissneri spec. nov.

400–800 × 30–50

25–45%

76–174

25–37

29–75

Single, sausage-shaped

Absent

A seawater aquarium, Qingdao, China

Present work

G. uninucleata (original description)

300–650

25–33%

–

8–10 on one side

–

Single, ellipsoid

Present

An aquarium drain collection box, Helgoland, Germany

Kahl [15]

G. uninucleata

250–600

ca. 28%b

40–82

16–22

23–29

Singleb

–

Roscoff, France

Dragesco [33]

G. binucleata (original description)

–

–

–

20

–

Two, oval

Present

L’ile Verte, France

Dragesco [29]

G. lanceolata (original description)

200

–

–

–

–

Moniliform

–

Genova, Italy

Gruber [30]

  1. Abbreviations: CV* Contractile vacuole; FPM Fragments of paroral membrane; Ma Macronucleus; SK Somatic kineties
  2. a Ratio of oral length to body length, b Data from drawing or pictures, − Data not available