Table 1 in Reconstruction of Evolutionary History of Pleurostomatid Ciliates (Ciliophora, Litostomatea, Haptoria): Interplay of Morphology and Molecules

Table 1. Characters, character states and coding used for the cladistic analyses.
No.CharacterCharacter statesPlesiomorphicApomorphic1.Body shapeBursiform (coded 0)Lanceolate (coded 1)2.Differentiation of anterior body endNone (coded 0)Head-like structure (coded 1) Proboscis-like structure (coded 2)3.Body distinctly laterally flattenedNo (coded 0)Yes (coded 1)4.Dorsal wartsAbsent (coded 0)Present (coded 1)5.Needle-like spinesAbsent (coded 0)Present (coded 1)6.Number of contractile vacuoles1 (coded 0)2 (coded 1) ≥ 3 (coded 2)7.Localization of contractile vacuolesTerminal (coded 0)Subterminal (coded 1) Diagonal (coded 2) In a ventral row (coded 3) In a dorsal row (coded 4) In a dorsal and a ventral row (coded 5)8.Course of somatic kinetiesMeridional (coded 0)Helical (coded 1)9.Somatic kineties curved anteriorlyNo (coded 0)Yes (coded 1)10.Somatic ciliature differentiated into girdlesNo (coded 0)Yes (coded 1)11.Number of ciliary girdles1 (coded 0)2 (coded 1)12.Right side somatic kineties form a sutureNo (coded 0)Yes (coded 1)13.Left side somatic kineties form a sutureNo (coded 0)Yes (coded 1)14.Left side kineties unciliated or bearing stumpsNo (coded 0)Yes (coded 1)15.Subapical condensation of cilia in one somatic kinety right of dorsal brushAbsent (coded 0)Present (coded 1)16.Head kinetiesAbsent (coded 0)Present (coded 1)17.Number of dorsal brush rows3 (coded 0)1 (coded 1) 2 (coded 2) ≥ 4 (coded 3)18.Localization of dorsal brushDorsal side (coded 0)Around the whole body (coded 1) Near ventral side (coded 2)19.Dorsal brush distinctly separated from anterior body endNo (coded 0)Yes (coded 1)20.Oral apparatusRestricted to anterior body pole (coded 0)Extending over ventral side (coded 1)21.Shape of oral bulgeCircular to elliptical (coded 0)Conical (coded 1) Slit-like (coded 2)22.Anterior end of oral bulge curvedNo (coded 0)Yes (coded 1)23.Circumoral kinetyNot modified (coded 0)Transformed into perioral kinety 1 and 2 (coded 1)24.Oralized somatic monokinetidsAbsent (coded 0)Present (coded 1)25.Perioral kinety 3Absent (coded 0)Present (coded 1)26.Oral extrusome localizationIn apical bulge region (coded 0)Extending also over ventral bulge region (coded 1) Not attached to bulge (coded 2)27.Extrusomes attached to somatic cortexNo (coded 0)Yes (coded 1)28.Extrusome shapeBasically rod-shaped (coded 0)Needle-shaped (coded 1) Ovate (coded 2)29.Macronuclear patternMononucleate (coded 0)Binucleate (coded 1) Moniliform (coded 2) Multinucleate, scattered (coded 3)30.Number of micronuclei1 (coded 0)≥ 2 (coded 1)