Redescriptions of Two Tintinnid Ciliates (Ciliophora: Tintinnida) from Freshwater Lake in China Based on Living Morphology and Ciliary Pattern, with a Comparison to Related Species.

Han Fang, Yuxuan Yin, Yajuan Li, Yang Bai

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Han FangInner Mongolia Key Laboratory of River and Lake Ecology, School of Ecology and Environment, Inner Mongolia University, Hohhot 010021, China.ORCID 0009-0007-0469-2058

Yuxuan YinInner Mongolia Key Laboratory of River and Lake Ecology, School of Ecology and Environment, Inner Mongolia University, Hohhot 010021, China.ORCID 0009-0001-4671-3968

Yajuan LiCollege of Animal Science & China-Mongolia Biomacromolecule Application "Belt and Road" Joint Laboratory, College of Animal Science, Inner Mongolia Agricultural University, Hohhot 010018, China.ORCID 0000-0001-8998-0399

Yang BaiInner Mongolia Key Laboratory of River and Lake Ecology, School of Ecology and Environment, Inner Mongolia University, Hohhot 010021, China.ORCID 0000-0003-0621-1899

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Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region Natural Science Fund 2023QN03016Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region Natural Science Fund 2024QN03067Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region Science and Technology Program Project 2025YFHH0150National Natural Science Foundation of China 32300368Project of Key Laboratory of River and Lake in Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region 2025KYPT0020

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Abstract

As a dominant group of microzooplankton, the tintinnid ciliates (Ciliophora: Tintinnida) play a crucial role in aquatic ecosystems by linking the microbial food loop with the classical planktonic food web. However, taxonomic understanding has been greatly hindered by lorica polymorphism, combined with limited data on living cells and infraciliature, which in turn constrains progress in related fields such as ecology and physiology. In the present study, two freshwater tintinnids, namely

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ciliary patternfreshwater tintinnidliving observationloricaTintinnopsis

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PMID42071964

DOI10.3390/ani16081197

PMCPMC13113931

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