Bruce F. Hill, Eugene B. Small and Thomas M.
Iliffe. 1986. Euplotes iliffei n. sp.: A new species of Euplotes
(Ciliophora, Hypotrichida) from the marine caves of Bermuda. Journal of
the Washington Academy of Sciences, 76:244-249.
Euplotes iliffei n.sp., a new anchialine species
of Euplotes from the marine caves of Bermuda is described. E.
iliffei has a dorsal interkinetal argentophilic reticulum of the
multiple to complex type with a tendency toward 4 interkinetal polygonal
areas. Like other members of the group of Euplotes that have a
frontoventral cirri in pattern I the VI/2 cirrus is missing. E.
iliffei also has a very pronounced notch in the upper border of the
dorsal surface.
Bruce F. Hill, Department of Biology, Georgetown University,
Washington, D.C. 20057, USA. - Eugene B. Small, Department of Zoology,
University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742, USA. - Thomas M. Iliffe, Department of Marine Biology,
Texas A&M University at
Galveston, P.O. Box 1675, Galveston, Texas 77553, USA.
E-mail:
iliffet@tamug.edu
Keywords: new species;
Euplotes; Bermuda; marine caves; anchialine.
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