한국에 분포하는 담수 및 해양 저서성 섬모충류의 형태학적 연구

Abstract

The ciliates are one of most differentiated protozoa. They perform important roles as a predator and a prey in the food web. In this study, the morphological study of the benthic ciliates was carried out to investigate the ciliate fauna of Korea. The ciliates were collected from seven sites including freshwater, brackish-water, and sea water and identified on the basis of the morphometric data by observation of living and staining specimens. In this study, seven benthic ciliates belonging to two subphyla, four classes, four orders, four families and four genera, including two new species and two species new to Korean fauna were identified. The list of seven species is as follows: Condylostoma n. sp., Condylostoma curva Burkovsky, 1970, Euplotes woodruffi Gaw, 1939, Coleps n. sp., Coleps elongatus Ehrenberg, 1831, Paramecium caudatum Ehrenberg, 1833, Paramecium bursaria (Ehrenberg, 1831) Focke, 1836. In the present study, all of the seven species were described in detail with drawings and figures.