Diplodinium cameli f. monospinatum, 2002

Kubesy, A. A. & Dehority, Burk A., 2002, Forestomach ciliate Protozoa in Egyptian dromedary camels (Camelus dromedarius), Zootaxa 51, pp. 1-12 : 8

Diplodinium cameli f. monospinatum f. n. ( Figs. 2­3 )

With all the characteristics of the species. A single spine arises from the dorsal side approximately five­sixths of the cell length toward the posterior end. Length of the spine varied from 3 to 15 m. The spine is usually rounded at the tip. In the three forestomach samples which contained this form, it constituted 31% of Diplodinium cameli cells. Dimensions for this form are presented in Table 3 .

Figures

FIGURES 1­6. Diplodinium cameli f. cameli, f. monospinatum f. n. and f. bispinatum f. n. Bar = 50 m. 1. Diplodinium cameli f. cameli from the right side. 2. Diplodinium cameli f. monospinatum f. n. from the left side. Note the very small spine approximately 5/6th of the distance from the anterior end. 3. Diplodinium cameli f. monospinatum f. n. from the left side. 4­6. Diplodinium cameli f. bispinatum f. n. All from the right side, showing variation in size of the ventral spine and shape of the cell.