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Suctorian epibionts on Chromaspirina sp. (Nematoda: Desmodoridae) from the shallow continental shelf of the Bay of Bengal, northern Indian Ocean

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  07 May 2014

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Dola Bhattacharjee*
Affiliation:
Ministry of Environment and Forests, Eastern Regional Office, A/3 Chandrasekharpur, Bhubaneswar, India
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Correspondence should be addressed to: D. Bhattacharjee, Ministry of Environment and Forests, Eastern Regional Office, A/3 Chandrasekharpur, Bhubaneswar, India email: ad_plank@hotmail.com
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Abstract

The suctorian ciliates, Thecacineta cothurnioides and Trematosoma rotunda, belonging to the families Thecacinetidae and Acinetidae, were recorded as prominent epibionts on the cuticle of a marine free-living nematode, Chromaspirina sp. (Desmodoridae) from shallow sediments of the continental shelf of the Bay of Bengal. The biometrics of these suctorians arecompared with literature data, and their species-specific association with nematodes is discussed.

Keywords

Thecacineta cothurnioidesTrematosoma rotundaChromaspirina sp.commensalismsuctorian ciliatesBay of Bengal
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Marine Biodiversity Records , Volume 7 , 2014 , e49
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Copyright © Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 2014 

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