Community Structure and Biodiversity of Soil Ciliates at Dongzhaigang Mangrove Forest in Hainan Island, China

Table 2

Ciliate species found in all soil samples from the mangrove forest of Dongzhaigang, Hainan, China.

Ciliate species	Site A		Site B		Site C
	FS	DS	FS	DS	FS	DS
Aspidisca steini	+		+		+
Colpoda cucullus			+	+	+	+
Colpoda inflata			+	+	+	+
Colpoda patella				+	+	+
Colpoda penardi			+		+	+
Colpoda reniformis			+	+	+	+
Colpoda steinii			+	+	+	+
Cyclidium elongatum					+	+
Cyclidium simulans					+	+
Cyrtolophosis bursaria					+
Cyrtolophosis major	+				+
Diphrys appendiculata	+		+		+
Euplotes affinis	+		+		+
Euplotes bisulcatus	+
Euplotes elegans	+		+		+
Gonostomum affine		+	+	+	+	+
Gonostomum sp.		+		+
Halteria grandinella	+	+		+	+	+
Holosticha adami			+		+
Lacrymaria pupula	+				+
Metopus es	+	+			+	+
Metopus hasei		+			+	+
Oxytricha fallax		+		+	+	+
Oxytricha marina				+		+
Paruroleptus caudatus		+			+	+
Plagiocampa atra	+		+		+
Plagiocampa longis	+		+		+
Strombidium elegans	+	+	+	+		+
Strombidium fourneleti	+					+
Strombidium stylifer	+	+	+		+	+
Strombidium sulcatum	+			+		+
Tachysoma pellionella	+	+		+
Trachelostyla caudata					+	+
Uroleptus caudatus		+		+	+
Uroleptus dispar		+		+	+	+
Urotricha agilis	+				+
Vorticella aequilata			+	+	+	+
Vorticella cupifera				+	+	+

FS: fresh soil samples; DS: dried soil samples; +: detected in this sample