6 NEW SPECIES OF HYSTEROCINETIDAE BELONGI NG TO 2 NEW GENERA METAPTYCHOSTOMUM AND PROPTYCHOSTOMUM, ENDOCOMMENSAL CILIATES OF AN OLIGOCHAETEWORM IN CAMEROONS

Authors
NGASSAM PP GRAIN J
Citation
Pp. Ngassam et J. Grain, 6 NEW SPECIES OF HYSTEROCINETIDAE BELONGI NG TO 2 NEW GENERA METAPTYCHOSTOMUM AND PROPTYCHOSTOMUM, ENDOCOMMENSAL CILIATES OF AN OLIGOCHAETEWORM IN CAMEROONS, Annales des sciences naturelles. Zoologie et biologie animale, 18(2), 1997, pp. 41-49
Citations number
7
Categorie Soggetti
Zoology
Journal title
Annales des sciences naturelles. Zoologie et biologie animale → ACNP
ISSN journal
00034339
Volume
18
Issue
2
Year of publication
1997
Pages
41 - 49
Database
ISI
SICI code
0003-4339(1997)18:2<41:6NSOHB>2.0.ZU;2-Z
Abstract
The morphological study of six species of Ciliates Hysterocinetidae, e ndocommensal of Oligochaetes of the Cameroons proves the existence of two new cytoskeletal patterns in the sucker. The first, which shows fe w fibers arranged in three layers, is characteristic of the new genus Metaptychostomum. The second, with numerous fibers arranged radiately around a free central area, corresponds to the new genus Proptychostom um.