Report of Trematosoma rotunda (Ciliophora, Suctorea) as epibiont on harpacticoid copepod from western Indian coast

Tapas Chatterjee; Igor Dovgal; Mahesh Jadhav; Mandar Nanajkar

doi:10.18276/ab.2020.27-10

Acta Biologica (Jan 2020)

Report of Trematosoma rotunda (Ciliophora, Suctorea) as epibiont on harpacticoid copepod from western Indian coast

Tapas Chatterjee,
Igor Dovgal,
Mahesh Jadhav,
Mandar Nanajkar

Affiliations

Tapas Chatterjee: Near Harimandir Road, Dhanbad 826001, Jharkhand, India
Igor Dovgal: A.O. Kovalevsky Institute of Biology of the Southern Seas of Russian Academy of Sciences, 2, Nakhimov ave, Sevastopol, 299011, Russia
Mahesh Jadhav: 3 CSIR – National Institute of Oceanography, Dona Paula, Goa, 403004, India
Mandar Nanajkar: CSIR – National Institute of Oceanography, Dona Paula, Goa, 403004, India

DOI: https://doi.org/10.18276/ab.2020.27-10
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 27

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Suctorian ciliate Trematosoma rotunda (Allgén, 1952) is reported here for the first time as epibiont on a harpacticoid copepod collected from Mandovi river estuarine mouth, Goa, west coast of India, Arabian Sea. The description of the species, synonymy, data on species distribution and host taxa are also presented in this study.

Published in Acta Biologica

ISSN: 2450-8330 (Print); 2353-3013 (Online)
Publisher: Szczecin University Press
Country of publisher: Poland
LCC subjects: Science: Biology (General): Ecology
Website: https://wnus.edu.pl/ab/en/

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