A checklist of ciliates (Ciliophora) inhabiting on cnidarians Author Chatterjee, Tapas Near Harimandir Road, Dhanbad 826001, Jharkhand, India. Author Dovgal, Igor A. O. Kovalevsky Institute of Biology of the Southern Seas of Russian Academy of Sciences, 2, Nakhimov ave., Sevastopol, 299011, Russia. Author Fernandez-Leborans, Gregorio Department of Biodiversity, Ecology and Evolution, Facultad de Biología, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, C / José Antonio Novais, 12, 28040, Madrid, Spain. text Zootaxa 2021 2021-09-15 5039 2 151 178 journal article 10.11646/zootaxa.5039.2.1 1175-5326 5508963 C2B00051-A562-4FCA-83D5-DE284D0D90CE Metephelota excavata ( Dons, 1938 ) Record as epibiont on cnidarians: The species was originally described on hydroids from the Folden fjord is north of Bodø, Norway ( Dons 1938 ). Record as epibiont on other hosts: The species was also found on bryozoans from the same locality ( Dons 1938 ). Remarks: Dovgal (2002) transferred the species Podocyathus excavatus Dons, 1938 into genus Metephelota .