Research Article

Refining the “Melting Pot” Genus Holosticha s. l. (Protozoa, Ciliophora, Hypotrichia) Based on Multigene Datasets with Establishment of a New Species Caudikeronopsis monilata sp. nov.

Table 1

Characterization of newly sequenced isolates investigated in this study.

IsolatesCollection siteWater temperature and salinityAccession numbers
SSU rDNAITS1-5.8S-ITS2LSU rDNA

Anteholosticha multicirrataQingdao Bay, Qingdao, China
36°0339N, 120°1931E
14°C, 30 psuKX138645KX099172KX099170
KX099171
Anteholosticha pulchraQingdao Bay, Qingdao, China
36°0339N, 120°1931E
14°C, 33 psuKX099173//
Caudikeronopsis marinaQingdao bay, Qingdao, China
36°0339N, 120°1931E
20°C, 27 psu/KX099175
KX099176
KX099174
Caudikeronopsis monilata sp. nov.Qingdao Bay, Qingdao, China
36°0339N, 120°1931E
14°C, 30 psuKX099177KX099179KX099178
Holosticha diademataQingdao Bay, Qingdao, China
36°0339N, 120°1931E
10°C, 30 psuMT472015//
Holosticha sp.Qingdao port, Qingdao, China
36°0517N, 120°1921E
4°C, 33 psuMT476978MT476975MT476979
Uncinata bradburyaeQingdao port, Qingdao, China
36°0517N, 120°1921E
15°C, 33 psu/MT472616/