Stephanopogon minuta
Naoji Yubuki and Brian S. Leander
Introduction
Stephanopogon minuta feeds on small diatoms and has been reported from marine habitats in China (Lei et al 1999) and the west coast of Canada (Yubuki and Leander 2008). This species has been described at both the ultrastructural and molecular phylogenetic levels (Yubuki and Leander 2008).
Molecular phylogenetic analyses of small subunit ribosomal RNA gene sequence show that S. minuta is closely related to the tetraflagellate Percolomonas cosmopolitus within the Heterolobosea.
Characteristics
Although S. minuta is one of three different species of Stephanopogon that possess three anterior barbs, S. minuta can be distinguished from the others based on the relative size and the number of the longitudinal rows of flagella on the ventral side of the cell.
- Cells 20–35 µm long and 10–16 µm in wide.
- Cells vase-shaped and curved toward the right side.
- Three anterior barbs present on the ventral side of the slit-like cytostome
- Eight longitudinal rows of flagella on ventral side of cell
- Two isomorphic nuclei
References
Lei, Y., Xu, K. and Song, W. 1999. Two new species, Stephanopogon minuta n. sp. and S. paramesnili n. sp. from mariculture waters. J. Fish. Sci. China 6:25-28.
Yubuki, N. and Leander, B. S. 2008. Ultrastructure and molecular phylogeny of Stephanopogon minuta: an enigmatic microeukaryote from marine interstitial environments. Europ. J. Protistol. 44 (in press).
Title Illustrations
| Scientific Name | Stephanopogon minuta |
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| Specimen Condition | Live Specimen |
| Identified By | Naoji Yubuki |
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| Scientific Name | Stephanopogon minuta |
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| Specimen Condition | Live Specimen |
| Identified By | Naoji Yubuki |
| Copyright | © Naoji Yubuki and Brian Leander |
| Scientific Name | Stephanopogon minuta |
|---|---|
| Specimen Condition | Live Specimen |
| Identified By | Naoji Yubuki |
| Copyright |
©
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About This Page
This page is being developed as part of the Tree of Life Web Project Protist Diversity Workshop, co-sponsored by the Canadian Institute for Advanced Research (CIFAR) program in Integrated Microbial Biodiversity and the Tula Foundation.
The University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada
Brian S. Leander
The University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
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- First online 23 September 2008
- Content changed 23 September 2008
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Yubuki, Naoji and Brian S. Leander. 2008. Stephanopogon minuta. Version 23 September 2008 (under construction). http://tolweb.org/Stephanopogon_minuta/129961/2008.09.23 in The Tree of Life Web Project, http://tolweb.org/
