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Loricophrya mediterranea Fernandez-Leborans

Description

Loricophrya mediterranea Fernandez-Leborans et al. ı 2017

Report as epibiont on nematodes

Loricophrya mediterranea epibiont on Tricoma sp. was found in the Blanes submarine canyon (NW Mediterranean) ı 1227 –1450 m depth (Fernandez-Leborans et al. 2017).

Remarks

This species is recorded from deep sea.

Notes

Published as part of Dovgal, Tapas Chatterjee ı Igor & Fernandez-Leborans, Gregorio, 2019, A checklist of suctorian epibiont ciliates (Ciliophora) found on meiobenthic marine nematodes, pp. 2133-2143 in Journal of Natural History 53 (33) on pages 2133-2143, DOI: 10.1080/00222933.2019.1692085, http://zenodo.org/record/3654827

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Scientific name authorship
Fernandez-Leborans
Kingdom
Protozoa
Phylum
Ciliophora
Order
Paracinetida
Family
Loricophryidae
Genus
Loricophrya
Species
mediterranea
Taxon rank
species

References

  • Fernandez-Leborans Gi Roman Si Martin D. 2017. A new deep-sea suctorian-nematode epibiosis (Loricophrya-Tricoma) from the Blanes submarine Canyon (NW Mediterranean). Microb Ecol. 74: 15 - 21. doi: 10.1007 / s 00248 - 016 - 0923 - 5.