Table 4 in Morphological Redescription and SSU rDNA-based Phylogeny of Two Freshwater Ciliates, Uronema nigricans and Lembadion lucens (Ciliophora, Oligohymenophorea), with Discussion on the Taxonomic Status of Uronemita sinensis

Table 4. Morphological comparison of Lembadion lucens with its congeners. CharactersaL. lucensL. bullinumL. magnumL. bullinum arenicolaL. gabonensisL. curvatumL. planusBL (μm)45 – 75120 –200 (usually 140)100 – 200 (usually 100 – 130)ca. 125100– 12075 – 125128 – 183 × 85 – 102 μmBody shapeoval to ellipticalshuttle-shapedshuttle-shapedshuttle-shapedshuttle-shapedtwisted anteriorly; body tapers from the oral to the posterior end of the celldiamond-shaped, with tapered front and rearSK, No.25 – 35, with monokinet- 50– 60, each with diki- ids at both ends netids anteriorly45 – 60, each with mo - nokinetids anteriorly52 on averageabout 5042 – 4563 – 70CC No., length 7 – 10 in two rows, cilia about 20 – 30 μm in lengthca. 17 in two rows, cilia 40 – 50 μm longca. 20; length data N / A5 – 7 caudal cilia, about 55 μm in lengthabsenceca. 12 – 17 in two groups *; length data N / Atwo rows, 5 – 7 dorsally and 15 – 18 ventrally, cilia about 17 – 18 μmMakidney-formedkidney-formedkidney-formedellipticalelongatedellipticalelongated ovalData sourceOriginal; Guinea et al. 1990; Foissner et al. 1994Foissner et al. 1994Foissner et al. 1994Dragesco 1960Dragesco 1965Esteban et al. 2000Obolkina 2006 aBL, body length; Ma, macronucleus; CC, caudal cilia; N / A, non applicable; SK, somatic kineties. * Data from the drawings.