The Cost for Biodiversity: Records of Ciliate–Nematode Epibiosis with the Description of Three New Suctorian Species
Epibiosis is a common phenomenon in marine systems. In marine environments, ciliates are among the most common organisms adopting an epibiotic habitus and nematodes have been frequently reported as their basibionts. In the present study, we report several new records of peritrich and suctorian cilia...
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| author | Elisa Baldrighi Igor Dovgal Daniela Zeppilli Alie Abibulaeva Claire Michelet Emma Michaud Annalisa Franzo Eleonora Grassi Lucia Cesaroni Loretta Guidi Maria Balsamo Roberto Sandulli Federica Semprucci |
| author_facet | Elisa Baldrighi Igor Dovgal Daniela Zeppilli Alie Abibulaeva Claire Michelet Emma Michaud Annalisa Franzo Eleonora Grassi Lucia Cesaroni Loretta Guidi Maria Balsamo Roberto Sandulli Federica Semprucci |
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| description | Epibiosis is a common phenomenon in marine systems. In marine environments, ciliates are among the most common organisms adopting an epibiotic habitus and nematodes have been frequently reported as their basibionts. In the present study, we report several new records of peritrich and suctorian ciliates-nematode association worldwide: from a deep-sea pockmark field in the NW Madagascar margin (Indian Ocean), from a shallow vent area in the Gulf of Naples (Mediterranean, Tyrrhenian Sea), in a MPA area in the Gulf of Trieste (Mediterranean, Adriatic Sea), from a mangrove system in French Guiana (South America, Atlantic Ocean), and from the Maldivian Archipelago. In addition, three new species of Suctorea from the Secca delle Fumose shallow vent area (Gulf of Naples) were described: <i>Loricophrya</i> <i>susannae</i> n. sp., <i>Thecacineta</i> <i>fumosae</i> n. sp. and <i>Acinetopsis lynni</i> n. sp. In the light of these new records and data from the existing literature, we discuss the suctorian–nematode epibiosis relationship as a lever to biodiversity. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-2f374e2795524482929b98c2c09a75292023-11-20T02:52:21ZengMDPI AGDiversity1424-28182020-06-0112622410.3390/d12060224The Cost for Biodiversity: Records of Ciliate–Nematode Epibiosis with the Description of Three New Suctorian SpeciesElisa Baldrighi0Igor Dovgal1Daniela Zeppilli2Alie Abibulaeva3Claire Michelet4Emma Michaud5Annalisa Franzo6Eleonora Grassi7Lucia Cesaroni8Loretta Guidi9Maria Balsamo10Roberto Sandulli11Federica Semprucci12Institute for Biological Resources and Marine Biotechnologies (IRBIM), Italian National Research Council (CNR), Via Pola 4, 71010 Lesina, ItalyA.O. Kovalevsky Institute of Biology of the Southern Seas of RAS, 299011 Sevastopol, RussiaIFREMER, Centre Brest, REM/EEP/LEP, ZI de la pointe du diable, CS10070, F-29280 Plouzané, FranceA.O. Kovalevsky Institute of Biology of the Southern Seas of RAS, 299011 Sevastopol, RussiaLEMAR, Université Brest, CNRS, IRD, IFREMER, F-29280 Plouzane, FranceLEMAR, Université Brest, CNRS, IRD, IFREMER, F-29280 Plouzane, FranceOceanography Section, Istituto Nazionale di Oceanografia e di Geofisica Sperimentale, OGS I-34151 Trieste, ItalyDepartment of Biomolecular Sciences (DiSB), University of Urbino ‘Carlo Bo’, loc. Crocicchia, 61029 Urbino, ItalyDepartment of Biomolecular Sciences (DiSB), University of Urbino ‘Carlo Bo’, loc. Crocicchia, 61029 Urbino, ItalyDepartment of Biomolecular Sciences (DiSB), University of Urbino ‘Carlo Bo’, loc. Crocicchia, 61029 Urbino, ItalyDepartment of Biomolecular Sciences (DiSB), University of Urbino ‘Carlo Bo’, loc. Crocicchia, 61029 Urbino, ItalyDepartment of Science and Technology (DiST), Parthenope University Naples, Consorzio Nazionale Interuniversitario per le Scienze del Mare (CoNISMa), 00196 Rome, ItalyDepartment of Biomolecular Sciences (DiSB), University of Urbino ‘Carlo Bo’, loc. Crocicchia, 61029 Urbino, ItalyEpibiosis is a common phenomenon in marine systems. In marine environments, ciliates are among the most common organisms adopting an epibiotic habitus and nematodes have been frequently reported as their basibionts. In the present study, we report several new records of peritrich and suctorian ciliates-nematode association worldwide: from a deep-sea pockmark field in the NW Madagascar margin (Indian Ocean), from a shallow vent area in the Gulf of Naples (Mediterranean, Tyrrhenian Sea), in a MPA area in the Gulf of Trieste (Mediterranean, Adriatic Sea), from a mangrove system in French Guiana (South America, Atlantic Ocean), and from the Maldivian Archipelago. In addition, three new species of Suctorea from the Secca delle Fumose shallow vent area (Gulf of Naples) were described: <i>Loricophrya</i> <i>susannae</i> n. sp., <i>Thecacineta</i> <i>fumosae</i> n. sp. and <i>Acinetopsis lynni</i> n. sp. In the light of these new records and data from the existing literature, we discuss the suctorian–nematode epibiosis relationship as a lever to biodiversity.https://www.mdpi.com/1424-2818/12/6/224epibiosisciliophorasuctoreanematodameiofaunabiodiversity |
| spellingShingle | Elisa Baldrighi Igor Dovgal Daniela Zeppilli Alie Abibulaeva Claire Michelet Emma Michaud Annalisa Franzo Eleonora Grassi Lucia Cesaroni Loretta Guidi Maria Balsamo Roberto Sandulli Federica Semprucci The Cost for Biodiversity: Records of Ciliate–Nematode Epibiosis with the Description of Three New Suctorian Species Diversity epibiosis ciliophora suctorea nematoda meiofauna biodiversity |
| title | The Cost for Biodiversity: Records of Ciliate–Nematode Epibiosis with the Description of Three New Suctorian Species |
| title_full | The Cost for Biodiversity: Records of Ciliate–Nematode Epibiosis with the Description of Three New Suctorian Species |
| title_fullStr | The Cost for Biodiversity: Records of Ciliate–Nematode Epibiosis with the Description of Three New Suctorian Species |
| title_full_unstemmed | The Cost for Biodiversity: Records of Ciliate–Nematode Epibiosis with the Description of Three New Suctorian Species |
| title_short | The Cost for Biodiversity: Records of Ciliate–Nematode Epibiosis with the Description of Three New Suctorian Species |
| title_sort | cost for biodiversity records of ciliate nematode epibiosis with the description of three new suctorian species |
| topic | epibiosis ciliophora suctorea nematoda meiofauna biodiversity |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/1424-2818/12/6/224 |
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