A checklist of epibiont suctorian and peritrich ciliates (Ciliophora) on halacarid and hydrachnid mites (Acari: Halacaridae & Hydrachnidia)
Author
Chаtterjee, Tаpаs
Author
Dovgаl, Igor
Author
Pešić, Vlаdimir
Author
Zаwаl, Аndrzej
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Zootaxa
2018
2018-08-09
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journal article
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10.11646/zootaxa.4457.3.4
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Ophryodendron
sp.
Record on halacarid mite:
Several specimens of
Copidognathus tricorneatus
(
Viets, 1938
)
collected from eastern Аustralia near Sydney between corals and sponges were infested with the suctorian
Ophryodendron
sp. The suctorians were observed predominantly on legs but also on idiosoma of mites (
Viets 1938
).
Remarks:
Viets (1938)
did not include the description and figures from found suctorian specimens. Thus, it is impossible to determine what representative species of the family
Ophryodendridae
was found. It is quite possible that the suctorian specimens represent the genus
Corethria
.