@article{Durucan_Dovgal_2022, title={New reports of suctorian ciliates (Ciliophora, Suctorea) epibiont on halacarid mites and a harpacticoid copepod from Türkiye}, volume={7}, url={https://marine-biology.ru/mbj/article/view/350}, DOI={10.21072/mbj.2022.07.3.03}, abstractNote={<p>Suctorian ciliates are common epibionts on marine and freshwater invertebrates. In the present study, three epibiont suctorian ciliate species, viz. <em>Praethecacineta halacari</em> Schulz, 1933, <em>Thecacineta calix</em> (Schroder, 1907), and <em>Thecacineta cothurnioides</em> Collin, 1909, are reported. Hence, <em>P. halacari</em> was observed on the ventral side of the idiosoma and legs of halacarid mite <em>Copidognathus brachystomus</em> Viets, 1940 and ventral side of <em>Copidognathus tabellio</em> (Trouessart, 1894). <em>T. calix</em> was reported on halacarid mite <em>Maracarus gracilipes</em> (Trouessart, 1889) – a new host species for the ciliate. <em>T. cothurnioides</em> was found on two different harpacticoid copepod specimens. The species <em>T. cothurnioides</em> is recorded from Turkish coast for the first time. <em>T. calix</em> is reported from Antalya for the first time. Finding of <em>P. halacari</em> is the first record for Izmir area. The data on distribution of all registered suctorian species are provided as well.</p>}, number={3}, journal={Marine Biological Journal}, author={Durucan, F. and Dovgal, I.}, year={2022}, month={Sep.}, pages={28–33} }