A further study on littoral ciliates (Protozoa, Ciliophora) near King George Island, Antarctica, with description of a new genus and seven new species

Twenty‐eight littoral ciliates including one new genus and seven new species were collected from King George Island, Antarctica. Among them, 21 species are morphologically and taxonomically described in this paper: Bickella antarctica nov. gen., nov. spec., Chlamydonella apoprostomata nov. spec., Condylostoma spatiosum Ozaki and Yagiu in Yagiu, 1944 Yagiu, R. 1944. Studies on the ciliates Condylostoma I: taxonomy.. Journal of Science, Hiroshima Univiversity (Series B, Division 1), 10: 161–184. [Google Scholar], Diophrys scutum Dujardin, 1842, Diophrys aff. oligothrix Borror, 1965, Diophrys appendiculata (Ehrenberg, 1838), Euplotes balteatus (Dujardin, 1841), Euplotes dragescoi nov. spec., Euplotes petzi nov. spec., Euplotes rariseta Curds et al., 1974, Euplotes vannus (Mueller, 1786), Hartmannula angustipilosa Deroux and Dragesco, 1968 Deroux, G. and Dragesco, J. 1968. Nouvelles données sur quelques ciliés holotriches cyrtophores a ciliature ventrale.. Protistologica, 4: 365–403. [Google Scholar], Hemigastrostyla szaboi Wilbert and Song, 2005 Wilbert, N. and Song, W. 2005. New contributions to the marine benthic ciliates from the Antarctic area, including description of seven new species (Protozoa, Ciliophora).. Journal of Natural History, 39: 935–973. [Taylor & Francis Online], [Web of Science ®] , [Google Scholar], Holosticha antarctica nov. spec., Holosticha apodiademata nov. spec., Holosticha diademata (Rees, 1884), Litonotus sp., Metaurostylopsis marina (Kahl, 1932 Kahl, A. 1932. Urtiere oder Protozoa. I: Wimpertiere oder Ciliata (Infusoria) 3. Spirotricha.. Tierwelt Deutschlands, 25: 399–650. [Google Scholar]), Pleuronema coronatum Kent, 1881, Pseudocohnilembus persalinus Evans and Thompson, 1964, Urotricha antarctica nov. spec. The new genus, Bickella nov. gen., is a free‐swimming folliculinid having typical Folliculina morphology except for the absence of lorica.