Observation of a suctorian ciliate Ephelota coronata on the calanoid copepod Pontella spinipes in the southeastern Arabian Sea
| Autor: | Igor Dovgal, Sanu V. Francis, Aishwarya Purushothaman, K. B. Padmakumar |
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| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
| Předmět: |
0106 biological sciences
0301 basic medicine Ciliate biology Species distribution Zoology Pelagic zone biology.organism_classification Pontella spinipes Cylinder (gastropod) 01 natural sciences 03 medical and health sciences 030104 developmental biology Genus General Agricultural and Biological Sciences Nomenclature Copepod 010606 plant biology & botany |
| Zdroj: | Symbiosis. 81:321-327 |
| ISSN: | 1878-7665 0334-5114 |
| DOI: | 10.1007/s13199-020-00704-w |
| Popis: | This is the first report of an epibiotic suctorian ciliate Ephelota coronata on a calanoid copepod Pontella spinipes collected during the summer monsoon season in open ocean waters off Thiruvananthapuram, Southeastern Arabian Sea. The ciliate species is redescribed based on original data. The nomenclature history and an improved diagnoses both of Ephelota coronata and of genus Ephelota are presented. Information on the species distribution and the host species is deduced and refined from what is known from other species of Ephelota. E. coronata differs in body shape which is in form of a short rounded cylinder with the presence of a smooth, expanded upward stalk without folds and striae and a distribution of tentacles only at the apical surface of the cell body. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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