Ellobiophrya conviva Clamp, 1982

Chatterjee, Tapas & Dovgal, Igor, 2020, A checklist of ciliate epibionts (Ciliophora) found on bryozoans, Zootaxa 4896 (4), pp. 547-559 : 552

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4896.4.6
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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4389676
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scientific name	Ellobiophrya conviva Clamp, 1982
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Ellobiophrya conviva Clamp, 1982 View in CoL

Report as epibiont on bryozoans: This species was reported on colonies of Bugula neritina (Linnaeus, 1758) and B. turrita (Desor, 1848) in USA, North Carolina, Carteret County, Newport River ( Clamp 1982; Bradbury & Clamp 1991).

Remarks: This species was recorded as epibiont only on freshwater bryozoans. This species is adapted to inhabit on tentacles of bryozoans with special adhesive organelle (cinctum or adhesive ring) indicate a possible specific to bryozoan host ( Clamp 1982; Bradbury & Clamp 1991).

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Taxonomy

Kingdom	Chromista
Phylum	Ciliophora
Class	Oligohymenophorea
Order	Peritrichida
Family	Ellobiophryidae
Genus	Ellobiophrya

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