A checklist of ciliates (Ciliophora) inhabiting on cnidarians Author Chatterjee, Tapas Near Harimandir Road, Dhanbad 826001, Jharkhand, India. Author Dovgal, Igor A. O. Kovalevsky Institute of Biology of the Southern Seas of Russian Academy of Sciences, 2, Nakhimov ave., Sevastopol, 299011, Russia. Author Fernandez-Leborans, Gregorio Department of Biodiversity, Ecology and Evolution, Facultad de Biología, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, C / José Antonio Novais, 12, 28040, Madrid, Spain. text Zootaxa 2021 2021-09-15 5039 2 151 178 journal article 10.11646/zootaxa.5039.2.1 1175-5326 5508963 C2B00051-A562-4FCA-83D5-DE284D0D90CE Halofolliculina corallasia Antonius & Lipscomb, 2001 Record as parasite on cnidarians: This species was found as parasite associated with varieties of corals e.g., Stylophora pistillata Esper, 1797 , Pocillopora damicornis (Linnaeus, 1758) , P. verrucosa (Ellis & Solander, 1786) , P. eydouxi Milne Edwards, 1860 , Montipora monasteriata (Forskål, 1775) , Acropora aspera (Dana, 1845) , A. humilis (Dana, 1846) , A. formosa (Dana, 1846) , A. nobilis (Dana, 1846) , A. tenuis (Dana, 1846) , A. valida (Dana, 1846) , A. florida (Dana, 1846) , A. hyacinthus (Dana, 1846) , A. clathrata (Brook, 1891) , A. downingi Wallace, 1999 , Leptoseris explanata Yabe & Sugiyama, 1941 , Pachyseris rugosa (Lamarck, 1801) , Hydnophora microconos (Lamarck, 1816) , Favia stelligera (Dana, 1846) , Favites abdita (Ellis & Solander, 1786) , Goniastrea retiformis (Lamarck, 1816) , Leptastrea purpurea (Dana, 1846) , Cyphastrea chalcidicum (Forskål, 1775) , and C. serailia (Forskål, 1775) from Indian, Pacific and Atlantic Ocean ( Antonius & Lipscomb 2001 ; Page & Willis 2008 ). Remarks : This ciliate infections causing diseaces Skeletal Eroding Band (SEB) ( Antonius & Lipscomb 2001 ; Winkler et al . 2004 ; Page & Willis 2008 ).