SOME CILIATES FROM THE MARINE WOOD-BORING ISOPOD SPHAEROMA


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Authors

  • V Santha Kumari Regional Centre of the National Institute of Oceanography, Cochin-682018
  • N Balakrishnan Nair Dept. of Aquatic Biology and Fisheries, University of Kerala, Trivandrum 695007.

Abstract

Seven ectocommensalic ciliates, namely, Vorticella contpanida, Z<iothamnium
rigidum, Cothiirnia gammari, Legenophrys cochinensis sp. nov., Epistylis
gammari, FoHiculina producta and FoUcuUna holtoni, all first-time recorded from
the wood-boring isopod genus Sphaeroma, are described. These were collected
from the appendages and body proper of 5. terebrans, S. annandalel and S. triste
from the southwest coast of India. Legenophrys cochinensis, because of its host
specificity and distinct characters, is treated as a new species under the order
Peritrichida and is described in more detail.

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Author Biographies

  • V Santha Kumari, Regional Centre of the National Institute of Oceanography, Cochin-682018
    Regional Centre of the National Institute of Oceanography, Cochin-682018
  • N Balakrishnan Nair, Dept. of Aquatic Biology and Fisheries, University of Kerala, Trivandrum 695007.
    Dept. of Aquatic Biology and Fisheries, University of Kerala, Trivandrum 695007.

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Vol. 32 No. 2 (1985)

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How to Cite

Kumari, V. S., & Nair, N. B. (2011). SOME CILIATES FROM THE MARINE WOOD-BORING ISOPOD SPHAEROMA. Indian Journal of Fisheries, 32(2), 215-223. https://epubs.icar.org.in/index.php/IJF/article/view/11636