A New Trichodina Species (Peritrichia: Mobilida) from Anuran Tadpole Hosts, Sclerophrys spp. in the Okavango Panhandle, Botswana, with Comments on this Taxon
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de Jager, Gerhard P.
Department of Zoology and Entomology, University of the Free State, Bloemfontein, South Africa
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Basson, Linda
Department of Zoology and Entomology, University of the Free State, Bloemfontein, South Africa
bassonL@ufs.ac
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van Marwijk, Jacqueline
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Acta Protozoologica
2019
2019-12-31
58
3
141
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http://dx.doi.org/10.4467/16890027ap.19.014.11915
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Table 4. Biometrical data (in µm) of all published tadpole host populations of Trichodina hypsilepis Wellborn, 1967 (*syn. T. heterodentata Duncan, 1977), Trichodina koloti sp. nov. (**syn. T. hypsilepis Wellborn, 1967) and T. koloti (ADD – Adhesive disc diameter, BD – Body diameter, BMW – Border membrane width, CL – Collection locality, DBL – Denticle blade length, DCPW – Denticle central part width, DL – Denticle length, DRD – Denticle ring diameter, DRL – Denticle ray length, DS – Denticle span, HS – Host species, LoH – Location on host, n – population size, nD – Number of denticles, nRP/D – Number of radial pins per denticle) (*pertains to the mode, rather than the mean). | Trichodina hypsilepis Wellborn, 1967 * | | Trichodina koloti sp. nov. ** | Trichodina koloti sp. nov. |
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| Kruger et al. (1993a) | Dias et al. (2009) | Pala et al. (2018) | Arthur and Lom (1984) | Current study |
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| CL | South Africa | Brazil | Brazil | Cuba | Botswana (Nxamasere 4) |
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| LoH | Skin and Gills | Skin | | Skin | Skin and Gills |
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| HS | Xenopus laevis laevis | Rhinella pombali | R. schneideri | Unknown tadpole | Sclerophrys gutturalis |
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| BD | – | (55.1) | 38.6–59.3 (54.5±6.2) | 55.1–85.7 (67.4 ± 6.9) | 47.0–57.4 (53.3 ± 2.6) |
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| ADD | 41.1–64.3 (49.3±5.6) | 38.9–60.0 (49.8±5.3) | 39.5–54.1 (48.0±5.4) | 39.8–56.1 (47.6 ± 3.9) | 40.4–48.2 (44.7 ± 2.2) |
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| DRD | 24.4–41.2 (31.4±3.8) | 24.6–33.2 (29.2±3.2) | 25.0–32.3 (30.3±2.5) | 25.5–34.2 (29.4 ± 2.3) | 24.5–32.4 (28.0 ± 1.8) |
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| DL | 7.4–9.9 (8.4±0.8) | 5.4–8.7 (6.9±0.7) | 5.9–8.6 (6.5±1.1) | 10.2–14.8 (12.4 ± 1.1) | 5.7–7.8 (6.7 ± 0.5) |
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| DBL | 3.9–6.2 (5.1±0.6) | 3.0–5.2 (4.2±0.4) | 4.0–6.2 (4.4±0.7) | 4.5–5.6 (5.2 ± 0.8) | 5.0–6.6 (5.7 ± 0.4) |
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| DRL | 5.9–9.2 (7.2±0.8) | 4.9–8.8 (6.7±0.7) | 1.3–8.6 (6.2±0.9) | 6.6–11.2 (8.2 ± 0.8) | 5.3–8.0 (6.7 ± 0.6) |
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| DCPW | 1.8–3.3 (2.6±0.4) | 2.03–3.72 (2.7±0.3) | 2.0–3.1 (2.1±0.3) | 2–3.1 (2.5 ± 0.4) | 1.4–2.3 (1.9 ± 0.2) |
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| DS | 11.6–18.7 (14.9) | 10.4–14.6 (12.5) | 10.2–13.3 (12.0±0.8) | 14.3–19.4 (15.9 ± 1.0) | 12.0–14.8 (13.3 ± 0.7) |
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| BMW | 3.5–6.1 (4.7) | 2.9–5.1 (4.2±0.4) | 3.2–7.4 (4.3 ±0.7) | 4.1–6.1 (4.9 ± 0.5) | 3.1–5.7 (4.5 ± 0.7) |
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| nD | 21–25 (24*) | 19–24 (22*) | 19–23 (22*) | 20–23 (21.0 ± 0.8) | 20–24 (22* ± 1) |
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| nRP/D | 7–13 (11*) | 7–10 (7*) | 7–11 (8*) | 9–12 (commonly 10–11) | 10–12 (11* ±1) |
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| n | 35 | 50 | 60 | 25 | 25 |
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