title: Description of two new marine pleurostomatid ciliates, Loxophyllum choii nov. spec. and L. shini nov. spec. (Ciliophora, Pleurostomatida) from China.
abstract: The morphology and infraciliature of two pleurostomatid ciliates, Loxophyllum choii nov. spec. and L. shini nov. spec., collected from inshore waters and a shrimp-culturing pond near Qingdao (Tsingtao), China, were investigated using live observations and the protargol-impregnation method. L. choii is distinguished from its congeners by the presence of conspicuous warts and prominent spines along the dorsal margin. L. shini is identified by a combination of characters including the small body size, the presence of two macronuclear nodules and the evenly distributed extrusomes whose tips protrude from the surface along both margins.
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Protozoology, College of Life Science, South China Normal University, Guangzhou 510631, China.
authors.forename: Xiaofeng
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Lin
authors.forename: Weibo
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Song
authors.forename: Jiqiu
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Li
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002681:China; D016798:Ciliophora / Q000145:classification* / Q000166:cytology*; D009792:Oceans and Seas