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

Roberto Vogler; Juana Peso; Norma Meichtry de Zaburlín; María Molina

doi:10.15560/11.4.1697

Check List 11(4): e19296, doi: 10.15560/11.4.1697

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

Juana G. Peso^‡, Norma R. Meichtry de Zaburlín^‡, Roberto E. Vogler^‡, María J. Molina^‡

‡ Universidad Nacional de Misiones, Argentina

Corresponding author: Roberto Vogler ( robertovogler@fcnym.unlp.edu.ar )

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Citation: Vogler R, Peso J, Meichtry de Zaburlín N, Molina M (2015) First record of Ophrydium versatile (Müller, 1786) Ehrenberg, 1838 (Protista: Peritrichida: Ophrydiidae) from the High Paraná River influence area (Misiones province, Argentina). Check List 11(4): 1697. 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.

Keywords

freshwater protozoon; symbiotic ciliate; new report