FIGURES 1–9. Amphileptus salignus n in A new pleurostomatid ciliate, Amphileptus salignus n. sp. (Protozoa, Ciliophora), from mangrove wetlands in southern China

FIGURES 1–9. Amphileptus salignus n. sp. from living cells (1–5) and after protargol impregnation (6–9). (1) Right view of a typical specimen with pointed posterior end. (2) Two kinds of extrusomes. (3) Cortical granules distributed between ciliary rows. (4) Left views, to show variations in body shape and in the number and distribution of contractile vacuoles. (5) Left view, note the dorsal brush. (6) Left-ventral view showing the detailed structure around the cytostome including the well-developed nematodesmata. (7–8) Infraciliature of right (7) and left (8) sides of the same specimen, arrows in Fig. 7 mark the suture. (9) Macronuclear nodules and distribution of the longer extrusomes, the shorter kind of extrusomes were not observed after protargol impregnation. CV: contractile vacuole, DB: dorsal brush, Ex: extrusome, Ma: macronuclear nodules, PK1–2: perioral kineties 1 and 2. Scale bars in (1, 4)—100 µm, in (2) – 10 µm, in (7, 8)—80 µm.Published as part of Chen, Ruimin, Lin, Xiaofeng & Warren, Alan, 2011, A new pleurostomatid ciliate, Amphileptus salignus n. sp. (Protozoa, Ciliophora), from mangrove wetlands in southern China, pp. 62-68 in Zootaxa 3048 on page 64, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.20165