| two gonostomatid ciliates from the soil of lombardia, italy; including note on the soil mapping project. | two gonostomatid ciliates, gonostomum paronense n. sp. and g. strenuum, isolated from the soil sample of paddy field, lombardia, italy, were investigated using live observation and protargol impregnation. gonostomum paronense n. sp. is mainly characterized by a tailed body, frontoventral cirri arranged in pairs, and presence of pretransverse and transverse cirri. morphologically and morphometrically, the new species is similar to gonostomum namibiense in having a tailed body and frontoventral ci ... | 2015 | 25976551 |