Kastamonu University, Faculty of Science and Art, Biology Department, 37100 Kuzeykent, Kastamonu, Turkey.
Ookusa Animal Clinic, Matsue, Shimane 690-0032, Japan.
Eur J Protistol. 2014 Feb;50(1):25-32. doi: 10.1016/j.ejop.2013.10.002. Epub 2013 Oct 22.
Species composition and distribution of intestinal ciliates excreted in the feces of three Asian elephants living in Sasalı National Park, Izmir, Turkey, were investigated. Seven ciliate genera consisting of 36 species were identified. This is the first report on intestinal ciliates in elephants living in Turkey; one new species, T. izmirae n. sp., was described. This new species has a special macronucleus shape, skeletal rod plates with two wings and posterior contractile vacuole lying beneath the dorsal left base of the tail flap. The buccal infraciliary bands of T. izmirae are similar to those of T. selenica and T. suwako known from elephants. Triplumaria ovina and Raabena bella occurred in highest percentages in two elephants, whereas Latteuria polyfaria was highest in the third one. Ciliate densities in the three fecal samples were 3.5, 1.5 and 5.0 × 10(4)/mL.
对生活在土耳其伊兹密尔的 Sasalı 国家公园的三只亚洲象粪便中排出的肠道纤毛虫的物种组成和分布进行了研究。共鉴定出 7 个纤毛虫属，包括 36 个种。这是首次报道土耳其象肠道纤毛虫；描述了一个新种，即 T. izmirae n. sp.。该新种具有特殊的核形状、具有两个翅膀的骨骼杆板和位于尾瓣背左基部下方的后收缩液泡。T. izmirae 的颊下纤毛带与来自大象的 T. selenica 和 T. suwako 的纤毛带相似。在两只大象中，绵羊三尾虫和美丽瑞虫的出现率最高，而在第三只大象中，多纹复孔虫的出现率最高。三只粪便样本中的纤毛虫密度分别为 3.5、1.5 和 5.0×10(4)/mL。
