A checklist of ciliates (Ciliophora) inhabiting on ostracods (Crustacea, Ostracoda) Author Chatterjee, Tapas Author Dovgal, Igor Author Mayén-Estrada, Rosaura Author Fernandez-Leborans, Gregorio text Zootaxa 2020 2020-04-08 4763 1 17 30 journal article 10.11646/zootaxa.4763.1.2 0ddcf2f4-d4d0-4e76-a58f-3d12157ac1d8 1175-5326 3744023 6D6D0C4F-C2A5-45F0-BF17-41BDA37204D8 Ephelota gemmipara (Hertwig, 1876) = Podophrya gemmipara Hertwig, 1876, p. 24 = Hemiophrya gemmipara (Hertwig, 1876) Kent, 1881 = Dendrophrya gemmipara (Hertwig, 1876) Sand, 1895 = Alderia apiculosa Pritchard, 1852 = Ephelota apiculosa (Pritchard, 1852) Wright, 1858 = Podophrya pusilla Koch, 1876 = Hemiophrya pusilla (Koch, 1876) Kent, 1881 = Podophrya benedeni Fraipont, 1878 = Hemiophrya microsoma Maupas, 1881 = Ephelota crustaceorum (Haller, 1878) Yagiu, 1980 Record as epibiont on ostracods: The species recently was found on C. dentata in the offshore of Arabian Sea ( Chatterjee et al . 2019b ). Record as epibiont on other hosts: Ubiquitous species, observed colonizing inanimate substrates, algae, hydroids, bryozoans, etc. ( Dovgal 2013 ).This species was also found as epibiont on various copepods eg., Calanus finmarchicus (Gunnerus, 1765) , Candacia armata (Boeck, 1872) , Pleuromamma borealis (F. Dahl, 1893) and P. gracilis (Claus, 1863) (Steuer1928; Rose 1924; Fernandez-Leborans & Tato-Porto 2000b ). Santhakumari (1985) reported this species as epibiont on copepods Euchaeta marina (Prestandrea, 1833) , Candacia tuberculata Wolfenden, 1905 , Labidocera acuta (Dana, 1849) , Undinula vulgaris (Dana, 1849) , other two copepods of genera Pontella and Labidocera (species name written wrongly) and commented that this suctorian was found infesting chiefly the postero-dorsal region of cephalothorax. Santhakumari (1986b) reported this species as epibiont on the zoea of pea crab Porcellana sp. Remarks: This species has been reported from variety of host and substrates.