Protistology 6 (1) 14–18 (2009) Gymnocyclidium nabranicum gen. et sp. nov. (Gymnocyclidiidae fam. nov.) (Scuticociliatida, Ciliophora), a new freshwater ciliate from North-Eastern Azerbaijan Ilham Alekperov Institute of Zoology, Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences, Baku Summary Freshwater ciliate fauna of North-Eastern Azerbaijan was studied in 2003–2006.
A new scuticociliatid species, Gymnocyclidium nabranicum gen. et sp. nov., is described.
The newly established family Gymnocyclidiidae clearly differs from the
other Scuticociliatida by reduction of bipolar somatic kineties to two or three short
longitudinal crowns. It comprises three monotypic genera: the type genus Gymnocyclidium
gen. nov., the genus Paurotricha Dragesco et Dragesco-Kerneis, 1991 and
the genus Paracyclidium Groliere, de Puytorac, Grain, 1980.
Key words: Gymnocyclidium nabranicum gen. et sp. nov., Scuticociliatida, Gymnocyclidiidae
fam. nov., freshwater ciliates, systematics, ciliate fauna of Azerbaijan
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