First record of Thecacineta calix (Ciliophora: Suctoria) on harpacticoid copepod from Aegean Sea, Turkey

Abstract

The present study report a marine suctorian species Thecacineta calix (Schroder, 1907) on harpacticoid copepod collected from Fethiye (Muğla), Aegean Sea, Turkey. This is the first record of this suctorian ciliates from Turkey. It is also first record of this species from Aegean Sea.

Keywords

• Suctorians
• epibiosis
• environment
• host specificity
• diagnosis