New Records of Thecacineta cothurnioides and Trematosoma rotunda (Ciliophora, Suctorea) as epibionts on nematodes from the Indian Ocean

Dovgal, I. V., Chatterjee, Taras, Ingole, Baban (2009) New Records of Thecacineta cothurnioides and Trematosoma rotunda (Ciliophora, Suctorea) as epibionts on nematodes from the Indian Ocean. Protistology (6 (1)). pp. 19-23.

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Abstract

This article deals with the report of two suctorian ciliates species viz. Thecacineta cothurnioides Collin, 1909 and Trematosoma rotunda (Allgén, 1952 ) as epibionts on Tricoma sp. and Pseudochromadora sp. (Nematoda) respectively from Ratnagiri, west coast of India, Arabian Sea (Indian Ocean). Redescription of two species with distribution and nomenclatural notes are given. Both species are recorded here first time from Indian coast and the Indian Ocean. Genus Tricoma Cobb, 1894 is also recorded here first time as a host of Th. cothurnioides.

Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Suctoria, fauna, Indian Ocean, Trematosoma, Thecacineta
Subjects:	Q Science > QL Zoology
Divisions:	Faculty of Natural Sciences > Department of Botany, Biological Resources and Conservation of Biological Diversity
Depositing User:	лаборант С.Л. Гуторчук
Date Deposited:	01 Nov 2012 14:29
Last Modified:	24 Aug 2015 20:26
URI:	http://eprints.zu.edu.ua/id/eprint/8215

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