New reports of sessile ciliates from Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Abstract

The aim of this contribution is to present some ciliate reports from Amsterdam, the Netherlands. They are: Acineta nitocrae Dovgal, 1984, Metacineta micraster (Penard, 1914), Opercularia sp., Campanella sp., Platycola decumbens Ehrenberg, 1830, Thuricola folliculata Kent, 1881, and Stentor sp. The systematic position of the several finds of these species are given along with the related information in the study. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first time that A. nitocrae has been reported in Northern European freshwaters, which is the third region after Ukraine and Canada where the species was found.

Keywords

• sessile ciliates
• The Netherlands
• distribution