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

oleh: Tapas Chatterjee, Igor Dovgal, Mahesh Jadhav, Mandar Nanajkar

Format: Article
Diterbitkan: Szczecin University Press 2020-01-01

Deskripsi

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.