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Issue: Vol. 4168 No. 3: 16 Sept. 2016
Type: Article
Published: 2016-09-16
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4168.3.5
Page range: 525–540
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Occurrence of Epistylis anastatica (Linnaeus, 1767) (Ciliophora: Peritrichia) on Mesocyclops isabellae Dussart & Fernando (Crustacea: Copepoda: Cyclopoida) in India, with an annotated checklist of species of Epistylis reported as Epibionts of Cyclopoid Copepods and resources for their identification

Department of Biology, North Carolina Central University, Durham 27707 U.S.A.
Department of Biology, Indian School of Learning, I.S.M. Annexe, P.O. – I. S. M., Dhanbad 826004, Jharkhand, India.
Department of Zoology, Faculty of Biology, Pnta 9, Complutense University, 28040 Madrid, Spain.
Crustacea peritrich ciliate freshwater plankton biogeography taxonomy predator-prey relationship

Abstract

The colonial peritrich ciliate Epistylis anastatica (Linnaeus, 1767) was discovered living as an epibiont on Mesocyclops isabellae Dussart & Fernando, 1988 collected from a pond in Andhra Pradesh state, India. This is the first report of Epistylis on this host, and a description of its morphological characteristics is provided. The biomass of colonies of E. anastatica relative to that of their hosts was relatively high, being greater than that of the host in some cases (8.11 mm3 vs. 1.14 mm3 or less), and this epibiotic burden has the potential to have an impact on the host’s activities. Relationships between epibiotic peritrichs and microcrustaceans like cyclopoid copepods may be much more complex than previously supposed and merit more thorough investigation. Species of Epistylis are commonly found on cyclopoid copepods, but resources for taxonomic identification are limited and scattered; therefore, an annotated checklist of all species reported from cyclopoid copepods and a summary of the diagnostic characteristics of each one is provided as an aid to investigators. Some records of Epistylis spp. from cyclopoid copepods that are accompanied by documentary evidence are misidentifications, raising the suspicion that many other undocumented records also may be erroneous; therefore, it is suggested that authors provide supplementary descriptions and figures.

 

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