title: A new entodiniomorphid ciliate, Troglocorys cava n. g., n. sp., from the wild eastern chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes schweinfurthii) from Uganda.
abstract: Troglocorys cava n. g., n. sp. is described from the feces of wild eastern chimpanzee, Pan troglodytes schweinfurthii, in Uganda. This new species has a spherical body with a frontal lobe, a long vestibulum, a cytoproct located at the posterior dorsal side of the body, an ovoid macronucleus, a contractile vacuole near the cytoproct, and a large concavity on the left surface of the body. Buccal ciliature is non-retractable and consists of three ciliary zones: an adoral zone surrounding the vestibular opening, a dorso-adoral zone extending transversely at the basis of the frontal lobe, and a vestibular zone longitudinally extending in a gently spiral curve to line the surface of the vestibulum. Two non-retractable somatic ciliary zones comprise arches over the body surface: a short dorsal ciliary arch extending transversely at the basis of the frontal lobe and a wide C-shaped left ciliary arch in the left concavity. Because of the presence of three ciliary zones in the non-retractable buccal ciliature, the present genus might be a member of the family Blepharocorythidae, but the large left concavity and the C-shaped left ciliary arch are unique, such structures have never been described from other blepharocorythids.
authors.affiliation: Department of Parasitology, Nippon Veterinary and Life Science University, Musashino, Tokyo 180-8602, Japan. tkshr5.vip@tmd.ac.jp
authors.forename: Toshihiro
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Tokiwa
authors.forename: David
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Modrý
authors.forename: Akira
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ito
authors.forename: Katerina
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Pomajbíková
authors.forename: Klára J
authors.initials: KJ
authors.lastname: Petrzelková
authors.forename: Soichi
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Imai
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D018420:Ape Diseases / Q000469:parasitology*; D016798:Ciliophora / Q000145:classification* / Q000166:cytology* / Q000302:isolation & purification; D016770:Ciliophora Infections / Q000662:veterinary*; D005243:Feces / Q000469:parasitology; D008853:Microscopy; D008855:Microscopy, Electron, Scanning; D015388:Organelles / Q000648:ultrastructure; D002679:Pan troglodytes / Q000469:parasitology*; D014454:Uganda