supported by the Laoshan Laboratory(No.LSKJ202203201);the National Key Research and Development Program of China(2020YFD0900303);National Natural Science Foundation of China(project numbers:32030015,32000300,32270481,32100382);Hubei Agricultural Sciences and Technology Innovation Center(2021-620-000-001-33);China Postdoctoral Science Foundation Grant(project numbers:2022M711922,2021M701993);the Researchers Supporting Project(Project number RSP2022R10)of King Saud University,Saudi Arabia.
The subclass Peritrichia,containing two orders Sessilida and Mobilida,is a major group of ciliates with worldwide distribution and high species diversity.Several studies have investigated the phylogeny of peritrichs;h...
This work was supported by the Natural Science Foundation of China(project number:31801984.31772440,31970486);the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities(No.201762017).
Zoothamnium is a speciose genus,most species of which have incomplete morphological data based on modern criteria.In the present study,the morphology of three species of Zoothamnium,i.e.,Z.apoarbuscula n.sp.,Z.apohent...