A new freshwater ciliate from northeastern Azerbaijan: Gymnocyclidium nabranicum n. gen., n. sp and Gymnociclidiidae n. fam. (Scuticociliatida, Ciliophora)

Authors : İlham Kh ALEKPEROV

Pages : 447-450

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Publication Date : 0000-00-00

Article Type : Research Paper

Abstract :From 2003 to 2006, the freshwater ciliates of northeastern Azerbaijan were studied. The present paper describes a new ciliate - Gymnocyclidium nabranicum n. gen., n. sp. insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(Gymnocyclidiidae n. fam.); that clearly differs from other representatives of Scuticociliatida by reduction of bipolar somatic kineties to 2 or 3 short longitudinal crowns. Gymnocyclidiidae n. fam. includes 3 genera - Gymnocyclidium n. gen. insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(type genus);, Paurotricha Dragesco and Dragesco-Kerneis, 1991 and Paracyclidium Grolière, de Puytorac, Grain, 1980.
Keywords : freshwater, ciliates, Azerbaijan, Scuticociliatida