taxonID	type	description	language	source
C7628257FFA20D2A60B4C4DA46DCFA0E.taxon	description	(Figs. 1 – 21; Table 1)	en	Gong, Jun, Song, Weibo (2008): Morphology and infraciliature of a new marine ciliate, Cinetochilum ovale n. sp. (Ciliophora: Oligohymenophorea). Zootaxa 1939 (1): 51-57, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1939.1.5, URL: https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.1939.1.5
C7628257FFA20D2A60B4C4DA46DCFA0E.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis: Small Cinetochilum about 20 – 30 × 15 – 25 µm in vivo. Body oval, with 12 – 13 bipolar somatic kineties. Scutica comprising two short rows of kinetosomes, positioned near the end of somatic kinety 1. The anterior-most row distinctly detached from the remaining two rows in membranelle 1. Three postoral kinetofragments. One globular macronucleus and one micronucleus. Single contractile vacuole terminally located. A cyrtos-like structure always presents at deep portion of buccal cavity. Marine habitat.	en	Gong, Jun, Song, Weibo (2008): Morphology and infraciliature of a new marine ciliate, Cinetochilum ovale n. sp. (Ciliophora: Oligohymenophorea). Zootaxa 1939 (1): 51-57, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1939.1.5, URL: https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.1939.1.5
C7628257FFA20D2A60B4C4DA46DCFA0E.taxon	materials_examined	Type location: Intertidal sediment of Tianjin, Bohai Sea, northern China (39 ° 10 ’ N; 117 ° 10 ’ E). Slide deposition: Protargol impregnated holotype slides of Cinetochilum ovale n. sp. (registration No. 2008: 10: 9: 1) has been deposited in the Natural History Museum, London; one paratype slide (No. G 03071401) has been deposited in the Laboratory of Protozoology, SCNU.	en	Gong, Jun, Song, Weibo (2008): Morphology and infraciliature of a new marine ciliate, Cinetochilum ovale n. sp. (Ciliophora: Oligohymenophorea). Zootaxa 1939 (1): 51-57, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1939.1.5, URL: https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.1939.1.5
C7628257FFA20D2A60B4C4DA46DCFA0E.taxon	etymology	Etymology: The species name “ ovale ”, means oval, referring to the body shape of the organism.	en	Gong, Jun, Song, Weibo (2008): Morphology and infraciliature of a new marine ciliate, Cinetochilum ovale n. sp. (Ciliophora: Oligohymenophorea). Zootaxa 1939 (1): 51-57, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1939.1.5, URL: https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.1939.1.5
C7628257FFA20D2A60B4C4DA46DCFA0E.taxon	description	Description: Size in vivo mostly about 25 × 20 µm. Body oval in outline, dorsoventraly flattened about 2: 3 (Figs. 1 – 3, 8 – 12). Pellicle rigid, ridges between somatic ciliary rows conspicuous, forming a longitudinal suture in apical area (Fig. 5). Buccal cavity elliptic, about 1 / 3 of body length, positioned in mid-body or slightly posterior to equator, slightly right to median (Figs. 1 – 3). Endoplasm transparent, with numerous small droplets and tiny crystals (1 – 1.5 µm across). Single contractile vacuole, 2 µm in diameter, terminally positioned (Figs. 1, 2, 9, 10). Cilia generally equal in length (ca. 5 µm) in vivo, no distinctly long caudal cilium observed though some caudal ones might be slightly longer (Fig. 8, arrowhead). Oral apparatus generally of Tetrahymena - pattern. Bases of three membranelles (M 1 – 3) obliquely or transversely arranged, usually each composed of three rows of kinetosomes (Figs. 4, 5). The anterior-most row in M 1 (double-arrowheads in Fig. 4; arrowhead in Fig. 18) conspicuously shortened, composed of 4 to 5 loosely spaced kinetosomes, and clearly detached from the posterior two rows, which each contains about 12 kinetosomes. M 2 and M 3 relatively shorter than posterior two rows of M 1. Paroral membrane (PM) C-shaped, anteriorly terminating at level of M 2, consisting of 25 dikinetids (Figs. 4, 17). One argentophilic cyrtos-like structure (Cy) always present at deep portion of buccal cavity, with approximate 6 short rods (Fig. 4; arrow in Fig. 20). M 1 – 3 all appear 3 - rowed as seen at a stage of morphogenesis (Figs. 7, 21). CV, coefficient of variation in %; Max, maximum; Mean, arithmetic mean; Min, minimum; n, number of individuals examined; SD, standard deviation; SE, standard error of mean. Somatic kineties (SKs) in 12 – 13 bipolar rows (Figs. 5, 6, 13 – 16; Table 1). SKs basically composed of monokinetids, except the SK 1 (the first row right to PM), SKn (the last / left row boarding the buccal field) and SKn- 1 (the last second row) partially contain kinetosomal pairs, especially in their anterior portions (Figs. 4, 14, 18). SK 1 slightly longer than PM, usually all composed of dikinetids. SK 2 relatively long, with densely arranged kinetosomes in its anterior portion. SKn and SKn- 1 anteriorly terminated near the posterior end of M 1 and near the anterior end of SK 1, with ca. 7 and 12 dikinetids, respectively. One pair of kinetosomes (arrow) always displaced side by side with the first kinetids of SKn- 1 (Fig. 4). Scutica (Sc) comprising two short monokinetid rows, which are close and parallel to the posterior portion of SK 1. Postoral kinetofragments (PF) in three short rows, each with about 3 to 5 monokinetids, longitudinally arranged (Fig. 4; arrow in Fig. 19). Macronucleus (Ma) ovoid, diameter about 6 µm after impregnation. One micronucleus (Mi), 2 µm across.	en	Gong, Jun, Song, Weibo (2008): Morphology and infraciliature of a new marine ciliate, Cinetochilum ovale n. sp. (Ciliophora: Oligohymenophorea). Zootaxa 1939 (1): 51-57, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1939.1.5, URL: https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.1939.1.5
