Halofolliculina sp.

Chatterjee, Tapas, Dovgal, Igor & Fernandez-Leborans, Gregorio, 2021, A checklist of ciliates (Ciliophora) inhabiting on cnidarians, Zootaxa 5039 (2), pp. 151-178 : 153

Halofolliculina sp.

Record as parasite on cnidarians: It was found to infect varieties of corals e.g., Acropora palmata (Lamarck, 1816) , A. cervicornis (Lamarck, 1816) , Diploriala byrinthiformis (Linnaeus, 1758), D. strigosa (Dana, 1846) , Colpophyllia natans (Houttuyn, 1772) , Orbicella faveolata (Ellis & Solander, 1786) , O. annularis (Ellis & Solander, 1786) , Montastraea franksi (Gregory, 1895) , Agaricia tenuifolia Dana, 1846 , and Porites porites (Pallas, 1766) in the Caribbean Sea area and Atlantic Ocean ( Cróquer et al. 2006a, b; Page et al. 2015, Verde et al. 2016).

Remarks: This ciliate infection causing diseaces Caribbean Ciliate Infections (CCI) on coral hosts ( Rodríguez et al. 2009).