The present study reports a new record of the suctorian ciliate Thecacineta calix (Schröder, 1907) as an epibiont of harpacticoid copepods from the mesophotic coral ecosystems of Puerto Rico and U.S. Virgin Islands (St. John). Morphological measurements of the epibionts are presented. Distribution and host specificity of T. calix is also discussed.
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1 January 2014
Report of Thecacineta calix (Ciliophora: Suctorea) as an Epibiont of Harpacticoid Copepods from Caribbean Mesophotic Reefs
Tapas Chatterjee,
Gregorio Fernandez-Leborans,
Nikolaos V. Schizas
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Caribbean Journal of Science
Vol. 48 • No. 1
2014
Vol. 48 • No. 1
2014
Caribbean
epibionts
mesophotic reefs
suctorians
Thecacineta calix