New reports of suctorian ciliates (Ciliophora, Suctorea) epibiont on halacarid mites and a harpacticoid copepod from Türkiye

Suctorian ciliates are common epibionts on marine and freshwater invertebrates. In the present study, three epibiont suctorian ciliate species, viz. Praethecacineta halacari Schulz, 1933, Thecacineta calix (Schroder, 1907), and Thecacineta cothurnioides Collin, 1909, are reported. Hence, P. halacar...

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Main Authors: F. Durucan, I. Dovgal
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: A. O. Kovalevsky Institute of Biology of the Southern Seas of RAS 2022-09-01
Series:Морской биологический журнал
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Online Access:https://marine-biology.ru/mbj/article/view/350