Open AccessFIRST RECORDS OF EPIBIONT CILIATES (CILIOPHORA) IN METHANE ENRICHED SEDIMENTS WITH SPECIES REDESCRIPTIONS
Author(s) -
Е. А. Иванова,
Igor Dovgal,
Alice Newton
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
ecologica montenegrina
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.534
H-Index - 10
eISSN - 2337-0173
pISSN - 2336-9744
DOI - 10.37828/em.2017.10.8
Subject(s) - ciliate , epibiont , petroleum seep , macronucleus , biology , ecology , methane , anoxic waters , zoology , crustacean
The article is dedicated to re-discovery of ciliates Loricophrya bosporica (Suctorea) and Cothurnia sp. (Peritrichia) found at nematodes from methane seep of the Ria Formosa lagoon (Southern Portugal). Based on authors’ data the lagoon sediments might be attributing to the hypoxic (periodically anoxic) methane seepage environment. The morphological characterizations of found ciliates with emphasis on poorly studied stylotheca structure in suctorian ciliate and macronucleus morphology in peritrich are presented.