| rumen ciliates of domestic cattle (bos taurus taurus) in kastamonu, turkey, with the description of a new species. | species composition and distribution of ciliates were investigated in the rumen contents of 25 domestic cattle (bos taurus taurus l.) living in kastamonu, turkey. forty-seven species and 37 morphotypes representing 15 genera were identified. of them, a new species of ostracodinium was recognized and described as ostracodinium anatolicum n. sp. this new species has two caudal lobes. the dorsal lobe is small and rounded and the ventral lobe is triangular shaped and bent toward the dorsal side like ... | 2016 | 27529409 |