Table S1 from Species delimitation for the molecular taxonomy and ecology of a widely distributed microbial eukaryotes genus <i>Euplotes</i> (Alveolata, Ciliophora)

Euplotes species analyzed in this study, and their reliability assessment based on rDNA sequences (Bold numbers were newly sequenced) and other integrated information

Taxonomy and molecular systematics of three oligotrich (s.l.) ciliates including descriptions of two new species, <i>Strombidium guangdongense</i> sp. nov. and <i>Strombidinopsis sinicum</i> sp. nov. (Protozoa, Ciliophora)

<p>In this study we investigated the morphology of three oligotrich (s.l.) ciliates, <i>Strombidium guangdongense</i> sp. nov., <i>Cyrtostrombidium paralongisomum</i> Tsai <i>et al.</i>, 2015 and <i>Strombidinopsis sinicum</i> sp. nov. <i>Strombidium guangdongense</i> sp. nov. is characterized by its elongate obconical to obovoidal body shape and widely spaced dikinetids in the girdle and ventral kineties. Another new species, <i>Strombidinopsis sinicum</i> sp. nov. is diagnosed by its small size and semi-globular body shape without mineral envelopes. Some additional morphological data of the recently described species <i>Cyrtostrombidium paralongisomum</i> Tsai <i>et al.</i>, 2015, such as the endoral membrane, are supplied based on our population. We also analysed the molecular phylogeny of each species based on small subunit rRNA (SSU rRNA) gene sequence data. The monophyly of <i>Cyrtostrombidium</i> is supported by our phylogenetic analyses, but the monophyly of <i>Strombidinopsis</i> and of the family Strombidinopsidae are both rejected by AU tests. In addition, <i>Strombidium</i> species have a tail branch separately from one another in phylogenetic trees, whereas strombidiids with a pigment spot group together, suggesting the latter character is a synapomorphy for this group of strombidiids.</p> <p><a href="http://zoobank.org/urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:35FE2AFD-A582-4885-BD01-48901E4C76C4" target="_blank">http://zoobank.org/urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:35FE2AFD-A582-4885-BD01-48901E4C76C4</a></p> <p><a href="http://zoobank.org/urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:E9D4A497-DAD6-4AA0-A044-A5A1D2C1A057" target="_blank">http://zoobank.org/urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:E9D4A497-DAD6-4AA0-A044-A5A1D2C1A057</a></p