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Issue: Vol. 4500 No. 3: 17 Oct. 2018
Type: Article
Published: 2018-10-16
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4500.3.1
Page range: 301–328
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A checklist of species of Vorticellidae (Ciliophora: Peritrichia) epibionts of crustaceans

Laboratorio de Protozoología, Departamento de Biología Comparada, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Nacional Autónoma México, Av. Universidad 3000, Circuito Ext. s/núm. Del. Coyoacán, C. P. 04510 Ciudad de México, Mexico.
Laboratório de Ecologia Aquática, Escola de Ciências, Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul (PUCRS), Avenida Ipiranga 6681, Prédio 12, 90619-900, Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
Protist Epibiosis vorticellids crustaceans

Abstract

The family Vorticellidae includes 21 genera, mainly with species worldwide distributed, as free-living, and attached to diverse organisms as epibionts. The goal of this paper is to provide an updated checklist of the worldwide vorticellids reported attached to the crustaceans. We revised and checked all available records of species of vorticellids including their crustacean hosts. We found 96 vorticellid species belonging to 14 genera with at least a report on the body of 81 species of crustaceans. Four genera of ciliates (Vorticella, Pseudovorticella, Carchesium and Intranstylum) had the major number of species living as epibionts. We provide also the complete list of the species of vorticellids, and conclude the need of a taxonomic revision of the family.

 

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