An overview of Suctorian ciliates (Ciliophora, Suctorea) as epibionts of halacarid mites (Acari, Halacaridae) Author Dovgal, Igor Author Chatterjee, Tapas Author Ingole, Baban text Zootaxa 2008 1810 60 68 journal article 10.5281/zenodo.182778 48552988-bafb-4ead-a2f3-ac2a0cd12125 1175-5326 182778 Thecacineta spp. Grimaldi (1965) reported Thecacineta sp. on Act . pygmaeus Schulz from Sardinia. Furthermore, the unidentified suctorian species observed ( Bartsch 1994 ) on Halacarellus auzendei (Bartsch) from a deep sea ( 3500 m ) Atlantic Ocean sample probably belonged to the genus Thecacineta . However, Bartsch’s (1994) illustration was insufficient for species identification. It is possible that it represents a new suctorian species. Figures of a suctorian in an SEM photomicrograph of Cop. laevisetosus Chatterjee, Lee & Chang (Chatterjee et al. 2004) suggest that it is a species belonging to the genus Thecacineta .