Journal of the Yamashina Institute for Ornithology
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A preliminary survey of protozoa in the City of Hakodate and Oonuma Park
Susumu Muramatsu
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1957 Volume 1 Issue 11 Pages 466-471

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The present paper deals with a preliminary report of the protozoan survey carried out in the City of Hakodate and Oonuma Park (Figure 1). The survey was made during a period from April, 1957 to January, 1958. In this survey, 71 identified species and 12 non-identified species were observed (Table 1). Four population types were classified as follows: 1) foul water population, 2) clear pond-water population, 3) stagnant water population, 4) population adapted to the above three types.
1) Population of the foul water contains the following species: Colpidium colpoda, Stylonychia steini, Stylonychia mytilus, Chilodonella cucullulus, Glaucoma scintillans, Tiarina fusus, Lacrymaria coronata, Lacrymaria olor, Oikomonas terma, Lionotus fasciola, Paramecium polycarium, Condylostoma vorticella, Condylostoma sp., Gastrostyla steini, Dileptus anser, Ceratium tripus, Spirostomum teres, Spathidium faurei, Spathidium spathula, Urostyla grandis, Loxophyllum faurei, Strobilidium gyrans and Prorodon discolor.
2) Population of the clear pond-water contains the following species: Synura uvella, Uroglena sp., Uroglena volvox, Didinium balbiani, Phacus pyrum, Phacus pleuronectes, Dinobryon cylindricum, Dinobryon sertularia, Trachelomonas hispida, Gonium pectorale, Monas sp., Peridinium tabulatum, Peridinium willei, Peridinium sp., Ceratium cornutum, Paramecium bursaria, Difflugia sp., Difflugia oblonga, Arcella vulgaris, Centropyxis aculeata, Coleps hirtus, Euglypha acanthophora, Uroleptus longicaudatus, Uroleptus musculus, Uroleptus piscus, Nassula citrea, Tintinopsis cylindrata. Tintinnidium fluviatile, Tintinnidium spp. and Amoeba sp. (verrucosa type).
3) Population of the stagnant water contains the following species: Colpoda cucullus, Volvox aureus, Volvox globator, Chlamydomonas angulosa, Chilomonas paramecium, Paramecium aurelia, Pandorina morum, Bodo sp. (or spp.), Amoeba proteus, Amoeba diploeidea, Amoeba sp. (limax type), Amoeba sp. (radiosa type), Eudoria elegans and Cryptomonas ovata.
4) Population adapted to the above three types contains the following species: Frontonia leucas, Paramecium caudatum, Spirostomum ambiguum, Euglena elongata, Euglena viridis, Euglena spp., Vorticella campanula, Vorticella monilata, Vorticella spp., Didinium nasutum, Stentor igneus, Stentor polymorphus, Stentor spp., Ceratium hirundinella and Bursaria truncatella.

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