Kinematics of gas and stars in gas-rich early-type galaxies

We present gaseous and stellar kinematics for 14 gas-rich early-type galaxi es. Half of the galaxies show irregular gaseous velocity profiles, with gas /star counter-rotation in 5 galaxies. We also find 5 counter-rotating stell ar cores, and 5 more galaxies display stellar nuclei kinematically decouple d from the main stellar body. Our results indicate that the ionized gas is of external origin, and may have been acquired recently; the merging or acc retion events that brought the gas into the galaxy have likely affected its stellar kinematics.