Yildiz, IsmailSenler, Naciye Gulkiz2025-05-102025-05-1020131300-01791303-611410.3906/zoo-1203-332-s2.0-84872059353https://doi.org/10.3906/zoo-1203-33https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14720/1468The morphology, ciliature, and silverline system of a new ciliate, Frontonia anatolica n. sp., isolated from the bottom sediment of the eastern shore of Lake Van, a large alkaline lake in Eastern Anatolia Turkey, were investigated using live and silver impregnation methods. Frontonia anatolica n. sp. is characterised by an elliptical body shape; by an in-vivo body size of 101-134 x 47-67 mu m; by dorsoventral flattening of about 2:3 to 1:2; by 2 contractile vacuoles located in the anterior and posterior body parts, each with 6-7 collecting canals and 1 excretory pore; by about 93 somatic kineties; by 3 vestibular and 3-5 postoral kinetics; and by peniculi 1 and 2 each having 4 ciliary rows, and peniculus 3 having 2 ciliary rows.eninfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessFrontoniaMorphologyNew SpeciesAlkaline HabitatArticle371Q3Q22430WOS:000321228700004