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Vol. 36 No. 2, 1997
Choanoflagellates (Sarcomastigophora, Protozoa) from the
Coastal Waters of Taiwan and Japan (II): Species Composition and
Biogeography
Seiko
Hara1,*, Jia-Chi Sheu1, Yuh-ling Lee Chen1
and Eiji Takahashi2
1Department
of Marine Resources, National Sun Yat-sen University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
804, R.O.C.
2Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Yamagata
University, Yamagata, Japan
Seiko
Hara, Jia-Chi Sheu, Yuh-ling Lee Chen and Eiji Takahashi (1997) Choanoflagellates
(Sarcomasti gophora, Protozoa) from the coastal waters of Taiwan and
Japan (II). Species composition and biogeography. Zoological Studies 36(2): 98-110. Light and electron
microscopical studies of sea microbes from the coastal waters of Taiwan
have revealed an abundant choanoflagellate fauna from these Western
Pacific subtropical waters. A total of 25 loricate (Acanthoecidae), 3
thecate (Salpingoecidae), and 1 naked (Codonosigidae) choanoflagellates
were recorded for the 1st time from coastal waters of Taiwan. The
Taiwanese loricate choanoflagellate fauna is more similar to that of
Japan (20 species in common) than to that of the tropical Indian Ocean
(11 species in common).
Key words: Acanthoecidae,
Salpingoecidae, Codonosigidae, Morphology, Taxonomy.
*Correspondence: Current address: Miyazaki International
College, 1405 Kano, Kiyotake-cho, Miyazaki, Japan Tel: 81-985-85-5931,
Fax: 81-985-84-3396, E-mail: shara@miyazaki-mic.ac.jp
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