Biology of Symbiotic Apostome Ciliates: Their Diversity and Importance in the Aquatic Ecosystems

Autor: Toshinobu Suzaki, Motonori Ando, Atsushi Kanazawa, Susumu Ohtsuka
Rok vydání: 2015
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Zdroj: Marine Protists ISBN: 9784431551294
Popis: Recently apostome ciliates have been paid more attention in the aquatic ecosystems, since the host population dynamics are more highly influenced by these protists than previously expected. Apostomes are all symbiotic, associated mainly with a wide variety of planktonic and benthic crustaceans and other invertebrates such as cnidarians and chaetognaths. They can also be found within cysts of other apostomes. Some taxa require two distinct hosts.
Databáze: OpenAIRE