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What the sources say about this taxon, as written.
distribution · 
Plazi
Distribution. Korea ( Inchon , Park et al. , 2017 ; Masan Bay and Jeju Island, this study), Antarctica (Ross Sea, Valbonesi and Luporini, 1990 ; Albergoni et al. , 2000 ), Bellings-hausen Sea ( Thompson, 1972 ), China ( Song and Packroff, 1997 ; Jiang et al. , 2010b ), Indian Ocean ( Dallai et al. , 1987 ), Red Sea (Solar lake; Wilbert and Kahan, 1981 ), Somalia (Gesira; Dallai et al. , 1987 ), UK (Aberystwyth, Wales , Curds et al. , 1974 ), Weddell Sea ( Agatha et al. , 1990 ; Petz et al. , 1995 ). Deposition. National Institute of Biological Resources, Korea (NIBRPR0000107971) for KM401 strain. NCBI GenBank Accession Numbers : Strain KM 401: MK028833 , Strain KM444: MK050525
discussion · Plazi
Remarks. Euplotes rariseta was originally reported by Curds et al. (1974) from Aberystwyth, Wales ( UK ). Our observations are in good agreement with those of Curds et al. (1974) , Ma et al. (2007) and Song and Packoff (1997). Euplotes rariseta is similar to E. parabalteatus and E. trisulcatus in cell length, but can be distinguished because E. parabalteatus has 8-11 dikinetids in mid-DK (vs 5-7) and inconspicuous dorsal ridges, and E. trisulcatus has 25-36 AM (vs 18-22) and 7-11 dikinetids in mid-DK, and ( Tables 1 , 2 ). This species is mostly similar to E. orientalis in cell length and in the numbers of AM, DK and dikinetids in mid-DK, but they can be distinguished because E. rariseta has 10 FVC (vs 8) and 1 MC (vs 2) ( Tables 1 , 2 ). In addition, the 18S rRNA sequences of E. rariseta and E. orientalis have 93% similarity. NCBI BLASTN search result shows that the closest strains to our strains (KM401, KM444) are E. rariseta stains (GenBank Accession No. AJ305248 , FJ423449 ; Identity 99%). The 18S rRNA sequences of stain KM401 and KM444 are 1,742 bp and 1,738 bp in length, respectively. Habitat. Marine