Unveiling soil ciliate diversity: Taxonomy of two novel hypotrich ciliates (Alveolata: Ciliophora) from agricultural soil in Mathura, India
Author
Ghosh, Arnab
Zoological Survey of India, Prani Vigyan Bhawan, M-Block, New Alipore, Kolkata 700053, India. & Department of Zoology, University of Calcutta, Kolkata 700073, West Bengal, India.
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Bharti, Daizy
Zoological Survey of India, Prani Vigyan Bhawan, M-Block, New Alipore, Kolkata 700053, India.
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Author
Terza, Antonietta La
School of Bioscience and Veterinary Medicine, University of Camerino, Via Gentile III da Varano, I- 62032 Camerino (MC), Italy.
antonietta.laterza@unicam.it
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Bhutiani, Rakesh
Department of Zoology and Environmental Science, Gurukula Kangri (deemed to be University), Haridwar, India.
rbhutiani@gmail.com
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Pathania, Prakash Chand
High Altitude Regional Centre, Zoological Survey of India, Saproon 173211, Solan, Himachal Pradesh, India.
pathaniapc@yahoo.co.in
Author
Kumar, Santosh
Zoological Survey of India, Prani Vigyan Bhawan, M-Block, New Alipore, Kolkata 700053, India.
santoshkumar@zsi.gov.in
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European Journal of Taxonomy
2026
2026-04-02
1048
142
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https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/3239/14347
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Table 1 (continued in next page). Morphometric data on Pseudourosomoida kadamberiae gen. et sp. nov.| Characteristica | Mean | M | SD | SE | CV | Min | Max | n |
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| body, length | 57.8 | 60.0 | 6.4 | 1.4 | 11.0 | 45.0 | 67.0 | 21 |
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| body, width | 20.3 | 21.0 | 2.4 | 0.5 | 11.7 | 15.0 | 25.0 | 21 |
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| body length:width, ratio | 2.8 | 2.8 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 14.0 | 2.1 | 3.6 | 21 |
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| body width:length, percentage | 36.4 | 36.2 | 5.2 | 1.1 | 14.2 | 27.7 | 46.7 | 21 |
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| anterior body end to proximal end of adoral zone, distance | 19.3 | 20.0 | 2.1 | 0.5 | 10.9 | 16.0 | 26.0 | 21 |
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| anterior body end to distal end of adoral zone, distance | 3.3 | 3.0 | 0.6 | 0.1 | 17.3 | 2.0 | 4.0 | 21 |
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| anterior body end to proximal end of adoral zone, % of body length | 33.6 | 33.3 | 3.7 | 0.8 | 11.1 | 27.6 | 43.3 | 21 |
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| anterior body end to distal end of adoral zone, % of body length | 5.8 | 6.0 | 0.9 | 0.2 | 16.1 | 3.9 | 7.3 | 21 |
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| DE-value (see text) | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 18.4 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 21 |
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| adoral membranelles, width of longest base | 3.6 | 4.0 | 0.7 | 0.1 | 18.5 | 3.0 | 5.0 | 21 |
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| adoral membranelles, number | 23.0 | 23.0 | 2.6 | 0.6 | 11.1 | 17.0 | 30.0 | 21 |
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| widest gap between adoral zone of membranelles and paroral membrane | 4.4 | 4.0 | 0.5 | 0.1 | 11.5 | 4.0 | 5.0 | 21 |
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| anterior body end to paroral membrane, distance | 5.1 | 5.0 | 1.1 | 0.2 | 20.7 | 3.0 | 7.0 | 21 |
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| paroral membrane, length | 10.2 | 10.0 | 1.5 | 0.3 | 15.1 | 8.0 | 14.0 | 21 |
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| anterior body end to endoral membrane, distance | 5.9 | 6.0 | 1.1 | 0.2 | 19.2 | 4.0 | 9.0 | 21 |
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| endoral membrane, length | 9.7 | 9.0 | 1.2 | 0.3 | 11.9 | 8.0 | 12.0 | 21 |
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| anterior body end to anterior macronuclear nodule, distance | 14.5 | 15.0 | 2.3 | 0.5 | 15.6 | 10.0 | 19.0 | 21 |
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| posterior body end to posteriormost macronuclear nodule, distance | 13.1 | 14.0 | 2.7 | 0.6 | 20.9 | 7.0 | 19.0 | 21 |
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| macronuclear figure, length | 29.9 | 30.0 | 3.5 | 0.7 | 11.8 | 24.0 | 40.0 | 22 |
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| anteriormost macronuclear nodule, length | 13.2 | 13.0 | 1.8 | 0.4 | 13.6 | 10.0 | 19.0 | 22 |
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| anteriormost macronuclear nodule, width | 5.2 | 5.0 | 0.9 | 0.2 | 17.5 | 4.0 | 7.0 | 22 |
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| macronuclear nodules, number | 2.0 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 21 |
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| anterior body end to right marginal row, distance | 11.3 | 11 | 2.7 | 0.6 | 23.6 | 6.0 | 17.0 | 21 |
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| posterior body end to right marginal row, distance | 2.1 | 2.0 | 0.8 | 0.2 | 39.7 | 1.0 | 4.0 | 21 |
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| right marginal row, number of cirri | 17.2 | 17.0 | 1.7 | 0.4 | 9.9 | 12.0 | 21.0 | 21 |
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| anterior body end to left marginal row, distance | 14.6 | 15.0 | 1.6 | 0.3 | 10.7 | 12.0 | 16.0 | 21 |
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| posterior body end to left marginal row, distance | 1.1 | 1.0 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 31.4 | 1.0 | 2.0 | 21 |
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| left marginal row, number of cirri | 16.0 | 16.0 | 1.4 | 0.3 | 8.9 | 14.0 | 20.0 | 21 |
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| gap between last cirri of marginal rows | 3.6 | 4.0 | 0.9 | 0.2 | 25.9 | 2.0 | 5.0 | 21 |
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| frontal cirri, number | 3.0 | 3.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 21 |
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| anterior body end to buccal cirrus, distance | 6.8 | 7.0 | 1.3 | 0.3 | 18.7 | 4.0 | 9.0 | 21 |
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| buccal cirrus, number | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 21 |
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| anterior body end to posteriormost frontoventral cirrus, distance | 13.0 | 13.0 | 2.0 | 0.4 | 15.2 | 8.0 | 16.0 | 21 |
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| frontoventral cirri, number | 4.0 | 4.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 21 |
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| distance between buccal vertex and cirrus IV/2 | 1.6 | 1.5 | 0.6 | 0.1 | 39.0 | 1.0 | 3.0 | 20 |
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| distance between cirri V/3 and pretransverse cirrus | 24.6 | 24.0 | 4.0 | 0.9 | 16.2 | 17.0 | 31.0 | 19 |
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| anterior body end to posteriormost postoral cirrus, distance | 24.5 | 26.0 | 2.9 | 0.7 | 11.7 | 20.0 | 28.0 | 19 |
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| postoral cirri, number | 3.0 | 3.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 19 |
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| posterior body end to pretransverse cirrus, distance | 5.0 | 5.0 | 1.3 | 0.3 | 26.1 | 2.0 | 7.0 | 21 |
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| pretransverse cirri, number | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 21 |
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| posterior body end to leftmost transverse cirrus, distance | 5.6 | 5.0 | 1.2 | 0.3 | 22.1 | 3.0 | 8.0 | 21 |
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| posterior body end to rearmost transverse cirrus, distance | 2.7 | 3.0 | 0.9 | 0.2 | 35.2 | 1.0 | 5.0 | 21 |
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