A revised taxonomy and phylogeny of opalinids (Stramenopiles: Opalinata) inferred from the analysis of complete nuclear ribosomal DNA genes Author Li, Ming State Key Laboratory of Freshwater Ecology and Biotechnology * and Key Laboratory of Aquaculture Disease Control * Ministry of Agriculture * Institute of Hydrobiology * Chinese Academy of Sciences * Wuhan 430072 * China Author Hu, Guangran State Key Laboratory of Freshwater Ecology and Biotechnology * and Key Laboratory of Aquaculture Disease Control * Ministry of Agriculture * Institute of Hydrobiology * Chinese Academy of Sciences * Wuhan 430072 * China & College of Advanced Agricultural Sciences * University of Chinese Academy of Sciences * Beijing 100049 * China gtwang@ihb.&pponce@ucm.es Author Zhao, Weishan State Key Laboratory of Freshwater Ecology and Biotechnology * and Key Laboratory of Aquaculture Disease Control * Ministry of Agriculture * Institute of Hydrobiology * Chinese Academy of Sciences * Wuhan 430072 * China & College of Advanced Agricultural Sciences * University of Chinese Academy of Sciences * Beijing 100049 * China gtwang@ihb.&pponce@ucm.es Author Zou, Hong State Key Laboratory of Freshwater Ecology and Biotechnology * and Key Laboratory of Aquaculture Disease Control * Ministry of Agriculture * Institute of Hydrobiology * Chinese Academy of Sciences * Wuhan 430072 * China Author Li, Wenxiang State Key Laboratory of Freshwater Ecology and Biotechnology * and Key Laboratory of Aquaculture Disease Control * Ministry of Agriculture * Institute of Hydrobiology * Chinese Academy of Sciences * Wuhan 430072 * China Author Wu, Shangong State Key Laboratory of Freshwater Ecology and Biotechnology * and Key Laboratory of Aquaculture Disease Control * Ministry of Agriculture * Institute of Hydrobiology * Chinese Academy of Sciences * Wuhan 430072 * China Author Wang, Guitang State Key Laboratory of Freshwater Ecology and Biotechnology * and Key Laboratory of Aquaculture Disease Control * Ministry of Agriculture * Institute of Hydrobiology * Chinese Academy of Sciences * Wuhan 430072 * China gtwang@ihb. ac.cn Author Ponce-Gordo, Francisco Departamento de Microbiología y Parasitología * Facultad de Farmacia * Universidad Complutense de Madrid * Plaza Ramón y Cajal s / n * Madrid 28040 * Spain pponce@ucm.es text Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 2024 2023-11-03 201 2 269 289 http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/zoolinnean/zlad150 journal article 10.1093/zoolinnean/zlad150 0024-4082 13220219 672E17B-149D-466C-9A6E-26C6DD65A7B6Corresponding

Table 5. Types of short tandem repeats (STRs) found in the sequences from opalinids.

Type	Characteristics	Example	Sequence (position)
Direct	Head to tail
Perfect	All units equal	TAATAATAATAATAA	Opalina undulata MN 638758 (3423)
Imperfect	With substitutions and/or indels	AGTTT ATTTT AATTT	Zelleriella sp. MN638763 (1762)
Overlapped	STR includes bases	TTTA[T ATTAT]/ [TAT TAT] TAT	Protoopalina limnocharis MN 638759 (1493/1497)
Inverted	Head to head
Perfect	All units equal	TTTATAATATTT	Opalina triangulata MN 638762 (470)
Imperfect	With substitutions and/or indels	TTATTATTATTATTTTTTTTATTA(-) TATTATT	Opalina japonica MN 638764 (73)