Protistology • 14 (2) 89–94 (2020) |
Records of sessile ciliates (Ciliophora, Peritrichia) on the green filamentous algae Cladophora sivashensis in the Sivash Bay (the Sea of Azov) |
Nelli Sergeeva, Nickolai Shadrin, Alie Abibulaeva and Igor Dovgal A.O. Kovalevsky Institute of Biology of the Southern Seas of RAS, Sevastopol, Russia | Submitted April 21, 2020 | Accepted May 27, 2020 | Summary Three species of sessile ciliates, i.e. Cothurnia trophoniae, C. angusta and Cothurniopsis valvata, were found in the Sivash Bay (the Sea of Azov) on the floating mats of the green filamentous algae Cladophora sivashensis at salinities from 68 to 84‰. All three species of ciliates are new for the Azov-Black Sea basin as well as for hypersaline waters in general. The systematic position and short descriptions of the discovered species are presented.
Key words: Cothurnia, Cothurniopsis, hypersaline waters, peritrich ciliates, Sea of Azov, Sivash Bay
Address for correspondence: Alie Abibulaeva. A.O. Kovalevsky Institute of Biology of the Southern Seas of RAS, Nakhimov ave., 2, 299011, Sevastopol, Russia; e-mail: abibulaeva@ibss-ras.ru |
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