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Issue: Vol. 5665 No. 3: 23 Jul. 2025
Type: Correspondence
Published: 2025-07-23
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5665.3.10
Page range: 448-450
Abstract views: 62
PDF downloaded: 3

Report of Loricophrya sivertseni (Ciliophora: Suctorea) as epibiont on nematodes (Nematoda) from oxygen minimum zone of the Arabian Sea, Indian Ocean

Near Hari Mandir Road; Hirapur; Dhanbad 826001; Jharkhand; India.
Laboratory for Benthic Ecological Trait Analysis (L-BETA); Biological Oceanography. Division; CSIR-National Institute of Oceanography; Regional Centre; Mumbai—400053; India.
Laboratory for Benthic Ecological Trait Analysis (L-BETA); Biological Oceanography. Division; CSIR-National Institute of Oceanography; Regional Centre; Mumbai—400053; India.
Laboratory for Benthic Ecological Trait Analysis (L-BETA); Biological Oceanography. Division; CSIR-National Institute of Oceanography; Regional Centre; Mumbai—400053; India.
A.O. Kovalevsky Institute of Biology of the Southern Seas of RAS; 2; Nakhimov ave.; Sevastopol; 299011
Nematoda Ciliophora Suctorea Loricophrya sivertseni

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How to Cite

Chatterjee, T., Sautya, S., Gaikwad, S., Mishra, G.K. & Dovgal, I. (2025) Report of Loricophrya sivertseni (Ciliophora: Suctorea) as epibiont on nematodes (Nematoda) from oxygen minimum zone of the Arabian Sea, Indian Ocean. Zootaxa, 5665 (3), 448–450. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5665.3.10