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not annotated - annotated - LINNAEUS only
Infraciliature of eight Triplumaria species (Ciliophora, Entodiniomorphida) from Asian elephants with the description of six new species.

Intestinal ciliates excreted in the feces of Asian elephants were surveyed. Fourteen species in the order Entodiniomorphida were detected. Nine Triplumaria species in the family Cycloposthiidae were found. Using the silver impregnation, two known species, T. antis and T. dvoinosi, were redescribed and six new species, T. sukuna n. sp., T. zuze n. sp., T. solea n. sp., T. suwako n. sp., T. fulgora n. sp., and T. harpagonis n. sp., were described. T. sukuna, T. zuze, T. solea, and T. suwako have the perivestibular polybrachykinety along the vestibular opening. The buccal infraciliary bands of T. suwako are similar to those of T. selenica found from elephants and the buccal infraciliary bands of T. sukuna, T. zuze, and T. solea are similar to those of T. grypoclunis described from rhinoceroses. T. antis, T. dvoinosi, T. fulgora, and T. harpagonis have the vestibular polybrachykinety extending down inside the vestibulum as found in rumen ciliates in the family Ophryoscolecidae. The caudalial ciliary zones of T. dvoinosi and T. fulgora were retractable as found in rumen ophryoscolecids. Raabena bella and Pseudoentodinium elephantis showed high composition values over 30%. Ciliate densities in the three fecal samples were 0.15, 1.09, and 2.07x10(4)/ml.


Ann file

T1	Species 81 96	Asian elephants

N1	Reference T1 Taxonomy:9783

T2	Species 185 200	Asian elephants

N2	Reference T2 Taxonomy:9783

T3	Species 772 783	T. selenica

N3	Reference T3 Taxonomy:692885

T4	Species 1239 1252	Raabena bella

N4	Reference T4 Taxonomy:693421

T5	Species 1257 1284	Pseudoentodinium elephantis

N5	Reference T5 Taxonomy:1298761	Pseudoentodinium elephantis

T6	Species 409 420	T. dvoinosi

N6	Reference T6 Taxonomy:1297760	Triplumaria dvoinosi

T7	Species 460 469	T. sukuna

N7	Reference T7 Taxonomy:1298370	Triplumaria sukuna

T8	Species 478 485	T. zuze

T9	Species 494 502	T. solea

N8	Reference T9 Taxonomy:1297758	Triplumaria solea

T10	Species 511 520	T. suwako

T11	Species 529 539	T. fulgora

N9	Reference T11 Taxonomy:1297759	Triplumaria fulgora

T12	Species 552 565	T. harpagonis

N10	Reference T12 Taxonomy:1297761	Triplumaria harpagonis

T13	Species 396 404	T. antis

T14	Species 590 599	T. sukuna

N11	Reference T14 Taxonomy:1298370	Triplumaria sukuna

T15	Species 601 608	T. zuze

T16	Species 610 618	T. solea

N12	Reference T16 Taxonomy:1297758	Triplumaria solea

T17	Species 624 633	T. suwako

T18	Species 738 747	T. suwako

T19	Species 842 851	T. sukuna

N13	Reference T19 Taxonomy:1298370	Triplumaria sukuna

T20	Species 853 860	T. zuze

T21	Species 866 874	T. solea

N14	Reference T21 Taxonomy:1297758	Triplumaria solea

T22	Species 899 913	T. grypoclunis

T23	Species 943 951	T. antis

T24	Species 953 964	T. dvoinosi

N15	Reference T24 Taxonomy:1297760	Triplumaria dvoinosi

T25	Species 966 976	T. fulgora

N16	Reference T25 Taxonomy:1297759	Triplumaria fulgora

T26	Species 982 995	T. harpagonis

N17	Reference T26 Taxonomy:1297761	Triplumaria harpagonis

T27	Species 1160 1171	T. dvoinosi

N18	Reference T27 Taxonomy:1297760	Triplumaria dvoinosi

T28	Species 1176 1186	T. fulgora

N19	Reference T28 Taxonomy:1297759	Triplumaria fulgora

T29	Out-of-scope 795 804	elephants

N20	Reference T29 Taxonomy:9780	Elephantidae