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Register of
Marine Species
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Marine Species
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Coats, D.W.; Clamp, J.C. (2009). Ciliated Protists (Ciliophora) of the Gulf of Mexico. Pp. 57-79 in D.L. Felder and D.K. Camp (eds.). Gulf of Mexico. Origin, Waters, and Biota. Volume 1, Biodiversity. Texas A&M University Press, College Station, Texas.
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Coats, D.W.; Clamp, J.C.
2009
Ciliated Protists (Ciliophora) of the Gulf of Mexico. Pp. 57-79 in D.L. Felder and D.K. Camp (eds.)
Gulf of Mexico. Origin, Waters, and Biota. Volume 1, Biodiversity.
Texas A&M University Press, College Station, Texas.
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The ciliates represent a ubiquitous group of protists with representatives inhabiting most marine, freshwater, and terrestrial habitats (Corliss 1979). Their small size, rapid reproductive rate, and ability to form desiccation-resistant resting stages ensure easy dispersal of species and colonization of suitable habitats (Fenchel and Finlay 2004). Ciliates occur from the poles to the tropics and from alpine regions to the deep sea. They survive in extreme environments, including hot springs, hypersaline lakes, and desert settings, with many species adapted to anaerobic conditions. Free-living species can be found swimming in the water column, living within interstices of flocculent sediment or tidal sands, attached to hard or soft substrates, and creeping along soil particles or epiphytic mosses. Symbiotic and parasitic species live in association with a wide variety of hosts, including other protists, planktonic and benthic invertebrates, reptiles, fish, and mammals. Most ciliates feed on bacteria, microalgae, or other protists; however, some are photosynthetic, and others consume host tissues. Ciliates are generally viewed as playing pivotal roles in microbial food webs, as they regenerate nutrients through excretion (Caron and Goldman 1990) and transform bacterial and microalgal biomass into larger particles that are easily exploited by metazoan grazers (Azam et al. 1983, Stoecker and Capuzzo 1990, Gifford 1991). The number of ciliate species inhabiting the biosphere is uncertain, but estimates range as high as 30,000 (Foissner 1999), with about 7,200 species being formally described (Corliss 1979). Of these, a relatively small percentage has been reported from the Gulf of Mexico.
Gulf of Mexico
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Acineta foetida Maupas, 1881 (basis of record)
Acineta tuberosa Ehrenberg, 1833 (additional source) Amphisiella annulata (Kahl, 1928) Borror, 1972 (basis of record) Amphorellopsis acuta (Schmidt, 1902) (basis of record) Amphorides amphora (Claparède & Lachmann, 1858) (additional source) Amphorides quadrilineata (Claparède & Lachmann, 1858) (additional source) Aspidisca leptaspis Fresenius, 1865 (basis of record) Aspidisca lynceus O.F. Müller, 1773 (basis of record) Aspidisca polystyla Stein, 1859 (basis of record) Aspidisca steini (Buddenbrock, 1920) (basis of record) Aspidisca turrita (Ehrenberg, 1831) Claparède & Lachmann, 1858 (basis of record) Biggaria bermudensis (Biggar & Wenrich, 1932) Aescht, 2001 (basis of record) Chaenea limicola Kahl, 1928 accepted as Chaenea teres (Dujardin, 1841) Kent, 1881 (basis of record) Chaenea teres (Dujardin, 1841) Kent, 1881 (additional source) Chaenea vorax Quennerstedt, 1867 (basis of record) Chilodonella uncinata (Ehrenberg, 1838) (basis of record) Chlamydodon mnemosyne Ehrenberg, 1835 (basis of record) Chlamydodon obliquus Kahl, 1931 (basis of record) Chlamydodon triquetrus (Müller, 1786) (additional source) Cohnilembus verminus (Müller, 1786) Kahl, 1933 (basis of record) Condylostentor auriculatus (Kahl, 1932) Jankowski, 1978 (additional source) Condylostoma arenarium Spiegel, 1926 (additional source) Condylostoma magnum Spiegel, 1926 (basis of record) Condylostoma minutum Bullington, 1940 (basis of record) Condylostoma patens O.F. Müller, 1786 (basis of record) Cothurnia maritima Ehrenberg, 1838 (basis of record) Cyclidium citrullus Cohn, 1865 (basis of record) Cyclidium glaucoma Möller (additional source) Dadayiella ganymedes (Entz, 1884) Kofoid & Campbell, 1929 (additional source) Diophrys appendiculata (Ehrenberg, 1838) Schewiakoff, 1893 (additional source) Diophrys hystrix von Buddenbrock, 1920 (basis of record) Diophrys irmgard Mansfeld, 1923 (basis of record) Diophrys scutum (Dujardin, 1841) Kahl, 1932 (additional source) Dysteria navicula Kahl, 1928 (basis of record) Dysteria procera Kahl, 1931 (basis of record) Ephelota gemmipara (Hertwig, 1875) (additional source) Epiclintes ambiguus O. F. Müller, 1786 accepted as Epiclintes auricularis (Claparède & Lachmann, 1858) Stein, 1864 (basis of record) Epiplocylis blanda (Jörgensen, 1924) Kofoid & Campbell, 1939 (basis of record) Epiplocylis labiosa Kofoid & Campbell, 1929 (basis of record) Epiplocyloides ralumensis (Brandt, 1907) (basis of record) Epiplocyloides reticulata (Ostenfeld & Schmidt, 1902) (basis of record) Euplotes charon (Müller, 1786) Ehrenberg, 1830 (basis of record) Euplotes harpa Stein, 1859 (basis of record) Euplotes minuta Yocum, 1930 (basis of record) Euplotes vannus (Müller, 1786) Minkjewicz, 1901 (basis of record) Eutintinnus apertus Kofoid & Campbell, 1929 (additional source) Eutintinnus fraknoii (Daday, 1887) (additional source) Eutintinnus lusus-undae (Entz, 1885) (additional source) Eutintinnus stramentus (Kofoid & Campbell, 1929) (basis of record) Eutintinnus tenuis (Kofoid & Campbell, 1929) Kofoid & Campbell, 1939 (basis of record) Eutintinnus tubulosus (Ostenfeld, 1899) Kofoid & Campbell, 1939 (basis of record) Fabrea salina Henneguy, 1890 (basis of record) Favella azorica (Cleve, 1899) Jörgensen, 1924 (basis of record) Favella campanula (Schmidt, 1902) Jörgensen, 1924 (basis of record) Favella ehrenbergii (Claparède & Lachmann, 1858) Jörgensen, 1924 (additional source) Favella panamensis Kofoid & Campbell, 1929 (basis of record) Favella taraikaensis Hada, 1932 accepted as Schmidingerella taraikaensis Hada, 1932 (Agatha & Strüder-Kypke, 2012) (basis of record) Gastrocirrhus stentoreus Bullington, 1940 (basis of record) Gastrostyla pulchra (Pereyaslawzewa, 1885) Kahl, 1932 accepted as Maregastrostyla pulchra (Pereyaslawzewa, 1886) Berger, 2008 accepted as Protogastrostyla pulchra (Pereyaslawzewa, 1886) Gong, Kim, Kim, Min, Roberts, Warren & Choi, 2007 (basis of record) Helicostomella longa (Brandt, 1906) (basis of record) Holosticha diademata (Rees, 1884) Kahl, 1932 (basis of record) Litonotus fasciola (Wresniowski, 1870) (additional source) Loxophyllum setigerum Quennerstedt, 1867 (basis of record) Mesodinium pulex Claparède & Lachmann, 1858 (additional source) Metacylis jörgensenii (Cleve) Kofoid & Campbell, 1929 (additional source) Metopus contortus (Quennerstedt, 1867) (additional source) Oxytricha ferruginea Stein, 1859 accepted as Rubrioxytricha ferruginea (Stein, 1859) Berger, 1999 (basis of record) Paracineta limbata (Maupas, 1881) Collin, 1912 (basis of record) Parundella aculeata (Jörgensen, 1924) (basis of record) Peritromus faurei Kahl, 1832 (additional source) Placus salinus Dietz, 1964 (basis of record) Pleuronema coronatum Kent, 1881 (additional source) Proplectella claparedei (Entz, 1885) (basis of record) Proplectella perpusilla Kofoid & Campbell, 1929 (basis of record) Protocruzia contrax Mansfeld, 1923 (basis of record) Protorhabdonella curta Cleve, 1900 (additional source) Protorhabdonella simplex (Cleve) Jörgensen, 1924 (additional source) Rhabdonella amor (Cleve, 1899) Brandt, 1907 (additional source) Rhabdonella cornucopia Kofoid & Campbell, 1929 (basis of record) Rhabdonella elegans Jörgensen, 1924 (basis of record) Stenosemella nivalis (Meunier, 1910) (additional source) Stenosemella pacifica Kofoid & Campbell, 1929 (basis of record) Stenosemella ventricosa (Claparède & Lachmann, 1858) Jörgensen, 1924 (additional source) Stichotricha marina Stein, 1867 (basis of record) Strombidinopsis minima (Gruber, 1884) Lynn, Montagnes, Dale, Gilron & Strom, 1991 (basis of record) Strombidium capitatum (Leegaard, 1915) Kahl, 1932 (additional source) Strombidium sulcatum Claparède & Lachmann, 1859 (additional source) Strombidium tintinnodes Entz, 1884 (additional source) Tintinnopsis beroidea Stein, 1867 (additional source) Tintinnopsis buetschlii Daday, 1887 (additional source) Tintinnopsis cylindrica Daday, 1887 (basis of record) Tintinnopsis dadayi Kofoid, 1905 (basis of record) Tintinnopsis directa Hada, 1932 (basis of record) Tintinnopsis gracilis Kofoid & Campbell, 1929 (basis of record) Tintinnopsis lobiancoi Daday, 1887 (additional source) Tintinnopsis lohmanni Laackmann, 1906 (basis of record) Tintinnopsis minuta Wailes, 1925 (additional source) Tintinnopsis nana Lohmann, 1908 (additional source) Tintinnopsis radix (Imhof, 1886) (additional source) Tintinnopsis tocantinensis Kofoid & Campbell, 1929 (basis of record) |