New insights and investigation: Morphomolecular notes on the infraciliature, taxonomy, and systematics of pleurostomatid ciliates (Protozoa, Ciliophora), with establishment of a new suborder, two new genera, and three new species.
Gong-Ao-Te Zhang, Teng-Yue Zhang, Yong Chi, Hong-Bo Pan, Zhe Zhang, Jia-Chen Zhang, Jun-Hua Niu, Hong-Gang Ma, Khaled A S Al-Rasheid, Alan Warren, Wei-Bo Song
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Abstract
Pleurostomatid ciliates, as a highly diverse and widely distributed unicellular eukaryote group, play a crucial role in the cycling of nutrients and energy in microbial food webs. However, research on pleurostomatids remains insufficient, resulting in a paucity of molecular information and substantial gaps in knowledge of their phylogenetic relationships. In recent years, we investigated pleurostomatid diversity in various Chinese habitats, including their systematic relationships and taxonomic circumscriptions, which were comprehensively analyzed using an integrative morphomolecular approach. Results revealed that: (1) pleurostomatids can be categorized into two suborders, Protolitonotina subord. nov. and Amphileptina Jankowski, 1967; (2) Protolitonotina subord. nov. represents the ancestral pleurostomatid group and includes two genera, Protolitonotus and Heterolitonotusgen. nov., characterized by right kineties progressively shortened along rightmost full kineties and absence of a left dorsolateral kinety; (3) Heterolitonotusgen. nov. represents an orphan lineage and is defined by an oral slit extending to its dorsal margin; (4) " Protolitonotus clampi" does not group with congeners but instead represents an orphan lineage, thus Novilitonotusgen. nov. is established to which P. clampi is transferred as Novilitonotus clampicomb. nov.; (5) three new species, Apoamphileptus paraclaparediisp. nov., Heterolitonotus rexgen. nov., sp. nov., and Loxophyllum apohelussp. nov., are described; and (6) helices 21es6a to 21es6d within the V4 region of small subunit ribosomal RNA (SSU rRNA) may serve as a useful tool for discriminating pleurostomatids. The evolutionary relationships among all main lineages of pleurostomatids are discussed and a key to the identification of pleurostomatid genera is provided.
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Established in 1980, Zoological Research (ZR) is a bimonthly publication produced by Kunming Institute of Zoology, the Chinese Academy of Sciences, and the China Zoological Society. It publishes peer-reviewed original research article/review/report/note/letter to the editor/editorial in English on Primates and Animal Models, Conservation and Utilization of Animal Resources, and Animal Diversity and Evolution.
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