New records of Praethecacineta halacari (Schulz) (Suctorea: Ciliophora) from Taiwan, Tanzania and Canada

Abstract

The present study reports on a range extension of the suctorian species Praethecacineta halacari to the region of He-Ping-Dao, north-east of Taiwan (West Pacific Ocean), Matemwe, the east coast of Unguja, Zanzibar, Tanzania (West Indian Ocean) and Nova Scotia, Canada (West Atlantic Ocean). Praethecacineta halacari is reported here for the first time from Taiwan, Tanzania and Canada. Earlier records include the Caspian Sea, Western Australia, Brazil, India, and various coastal sites in Europe.

Copidognathus Cinsi Üzerinde Epibiont Praethecacineta halacari (Ciliophora: Suctorea) Siliyatının Portekiz’den İlk Kaydı

“…Bulgaria and Ukraine (Black Sea), Norwegian coast (Tromsø), Kiel Bay of North Sea, Caspian Sea, Western Australia, Atlantic coast of Brazil, west coast of India (Arabian Sea), Taiwan, Tanzania, Canada (Dovgal et al 2009) and South West of Portugal, Praia da Falésia, Albufeira (present report).…”

“…Macronucleus spherical, posteriorly located. Stylotheca smooth, without ribbing (Dovgal et al, 2008;2009). …”

“…Most records are from shallow waters. A deep -sea record of an epibiont on Halacaridae is from the Mid-Atlantic Ridge, Snake Pit, 3500 m (Dovgal et al, 2008;Dovgal et al, 2009;Bartsch and Dovgal, 2010).…”

New records of ciliate epibionts (Ciliophora: Suctorea) from Brunei Darussalam

“…Body dimensions of Praethecacineta halacari collected from Brunei are given in Table 1. distribution Praethecacineta halacari is an epibiont on various halacarid mites reported from Bulgaria, Ukraine (Black Sea); Norway, Kiel Bay of North Sea, Caspian Sea, Western Australia, Atlantic coast of Brazil, west coast of India, Taiwan, Tanzania and Canada (Schulz, 1933;Detcheva, 1992;Boshko & Dovgal, 2004;Gelmboldt & Dovgal, 2005;Dovgal et al, 2008aDovgal et al, , 2009b, and Brunei Darussalam (present study). Cell body weakly laterally flattened, entirely filling the lorica and attached to its posterior margin.…”

Praethecacineta halacari (Suctorea: Ciliophora)’nin Antalya, Türkiye’den ilk kaydı

“…Suctorian ciliates present both marine and freshwaters. They inhabit both anorganic and organic material, plants and animals and feed microalgae and other ciliates (Dovgal et al, 2008;Dovgal et al, 2009; Bartsch and Dovgal, 2010;Durucan and Boyaci, 2016). The water mites (Hydrachnidia and Halacaroidea) are well known hosts for epibiotic suctorian ciliates.…”