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.
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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
).