Protistology • 15 (1), 34–40 (2021) |
First record of the suctorian ciliate Ophryodendron abietinum (Ciliophora, Phyllopharyngea), the epibiont of Hydrozoa in the White Sea |
Valeriia Khabibulina1,2, Maksim Melekhin3, Mariia Belokon4 and Nikita Borodin4
1 “Centre for Culture Collection of Microorganisms” of Research Park of St. Petersburg State University, St. Petersburg, Russia
| Submitted November 20, 2020 | Accepted December 22, 2020 | Summary The species of the genus Ophryodendron are epibionts of various invertebrate animals. They are rarely found in nature, and very little research has been dedicated to them recently. Ophryodendron abietinum, an epibiont of a hydrozoan Obelia longissima, was discovered in the White Sea for the first time. This study provides a description of O. abietinum life cycle forms and host-epibiont interactions.
Key words: ciliates, epibionts, Hydrozoa, Obelia longissima
Address for correspondence: Maksim Melekhin. Zoological Institute of Russian Academy of Science, Universitetskaya emb. 1, St. Petersburg, 199034, Russia; e-mail: maksim.s.melekhin@gmail.com |
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