First record of Ophrydium versatile (Müller, 1786) Ehrenberg, 1838 (Protista: Peritrichida: Ophrydiidae) from the High Paraná River influence area (Misiones province, Argentina)

By

Peso, Juana G.
Meichtry De Zaburlín, Norma R.
Vogler, Roberto E.
Molina, María J.

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2015-7-14

Original Publication

Check list : journal of species lists and distribution

Volume

11

Series / Issue

Issue: 4

Pages

1697--4

Subjects

freshwater protozoon , New report , symbiotic ciliate

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

[São Paulo, Brazil] Luís Felipe Toledo 2005-

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.15560/11.4.1697

 

Abstract

Ophrydium versatile, a green protozoon that form sessile colonies is reported for the first time for the Misiones province, Argentina from shallow waters of a recently formed pond in the Garupá stream floodplain, at about 900 m away from the confluence with the High Paraná River. To our knowledge this constitutes the second and northernmost record of the species for Argentina and the first for a subtropical environment in the country.