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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.
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Amphisiella milnei Kahl, 1932 (basis of record)
Amphorides amphora (Claparède & Lachmann, 1858) (additional source) Amphorides quadrilineata (Claparède & Lachmann, 1858) (additional source) Askenasia stellaris Leegaard, 1920 (basis of record) Aspidisca fusca Kahl, 1928 (basis of record) Aspidisca leptaspis Fresenius, 1865 (basis of record) Aspidisca lyncaster (O.F. Müller, 1773) von Stein, 1859 (basis of record) Aspidisca polystyla Stein, 1859 (basis of record) Aspidisca steini (Buddenbrock, 1920) (basis of record) Chaenea teres (Dujardin, 1841) Kent, 1881 (additional source) Chilodontopsis vorax (Stokes, 1886) Kahl, 1931 (additional source) Chlamydodon mnemosyne Ehrenberg, 1835 (basis of record) Chlamydodon obliquus Kahl, 1931 (basis of record) Chlamydodon triquetrus (Müller, 1786) (additional source) Codonellopsis pusilla (Cleve) Jörgensen, 1924 (additional source) Coleps pulcher Spiegel, 1926 (basis of record) Coleps spiralis Noland, 1937 (basis of record) Coleps tesselatus Kahl, 1930 (additional source) Condylostoma arenarium Spiegel, 1926 (additional source) Condylostoma patens O.F. Müller, 1786 (basis of record) Condylostoma remanei Spiegel, 1928 (additional source) Cothurnia innata O. F. Müller, 1786 (basis of record) Coxliella ampla (Jörgensen) Brandt, 1907 (basis of record) Cristigera setosa Kahl, 1928 (basis of record) Cryptopharynx setigerus Kahl, 1928 (basis of record) Cyclidium glaucoma Möller (additional source) Didinium nasutum (Müller, 1773) Stein, 1859 (basis of record) 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) Ephelota gemmipara (Hertwig, 1875) (additional source) Euplotes balteatus Kahl, 1932 (additional source) Euplotes cristatus Kahl, 1932 (basis of record) Euplotes elegans Kahl, 1932 (basis of record) Euplotes harpa Stein, 1859 (basis of record) Euplotes moebiusi Kahl, 1932 (basis of record) Euplotes trisulcatus Kahl, 1932 (basis of record) Euplotes vannus (Müller, 1786) Minkjewicz, 1901 (basis of record) Eutintinnus apertus Kofoid & Campbell, 1929 (additional source) Eutintinnus lusus-undae (Entz, 1885) (additional source) Frontonia marina Fabre-Domergue, 1891 (additional source) Frontonia microstoma Kahl, 1935 (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) Geleia decolor Kahl, 1933 (basis of record) Geleia fossata Kahl, 1933 (additional source) Gruberia lanceolata Gruber, 1884 (basis of record) Helicostomella subulata (Ehrenberg, 1838) Jörgensen, 1924 (additional source) Holophrya coronata Morgan, 1925 (basis of record) Holosticha diademata (Rees, 1884) Kahl, 1932 (basis of record) Holosticha discocephalus Kahl, 1932 accepted as Biholosticha discocephalus (Kahl, 1932) Berger, 2003 (basis of record) Holosticha kessleri (Wrześniowski, 1877) Šrámek-Hušek, 1957 accepted as Holosticha gibba (Müller, 1786) Wrześniowski, 1877 (basis of record) Kentrophoros fasciolatum Sauerbrey, 1928 (basis of record) Keronopsis rubra (Ehrenberg, 1838) Kahl, 1932 accepted as Pseudokeronopsis rubra (Ehrenberg, 1835) Borror & Wicklow, 1983 (basis of record) Laboea strobila Lohmann, 1908 (additional source) Lacrymaria caudata Kahl, 1932 (basis of record) Lacrymaria cohni Kent, 1881 (basis of record) Lacrymaria coronata Claparède & Lachmann, 1858 (additional source) Lacrymaria lagenula Claparède & Lachmann, 1858 (additional source) Lacrymaria salinarum Kahl, 1928 (basis of record) Lagynophrya halophila Kahl, 1928 (basis of record) Limnostrombidium viride (Stein, 1867) Krainer, 1995 (basis of record) Litonotus anguilla (Kahl, 1930) (basis of record) Litonotus fasciola (Wresniowski, 1870) (additional source) Litonotus lamella Schewiakoff, 1896 (additional source) Litonotus pictus Gruber, 1884 (basis of record) Loxophyllum helus Stokes, 1884 (basis of record) Loxophyllum uninucleatum Kahl, 1928 (basis of record) Mesodinium pulex Claparède & Lachmann, 1858 (additional source) Metacylis vitreoides Kofoid & Campbell, 1929 (basis of record) Metopus contortus (Quennerstedt, 1867) (additional source) Paramecium calkinsi Woodruff, 1921 (basis of record) Paramecium woodruffi Wenrich, 1928 (basis of record) Paraspathidium fuscum (Kahl, 1928) (basis of record) Peritromus faurei Kahl, 1832 (additional source) Plagiopyla ovata Kahl, 1931 (basis of record) Pleuronema coronatum Kent, 1881 (additional source) Prorodon marinus Claparède & Lachmann, 1958 (additional source) Prorodon teres Ehrenberg, 1834 (basis of record) Protocruzia pigerrima Cohn, 1866 (basis of record) Remanella rugosa (Kahl, 1933) Foissner, 1996 (additional source) Salpingella acuminata (Claparède & Lachmann, 1858) Jörgensen, 1924 (basis of record) Steenstrupiella steenstrupii (Claparède & Lachmann, 1858) Kofoid & Campbell, 1929 (basis of record) Stenosemella ventricosa (Claparède & Lachmann, 1858) Jörgensen, 1924 (additional source) Stichotricha gracilis Moebius, 1888 (basis of record) Strombidium calkinsi Kahl, 1932 accepted as Strombidium minor Kahl, 1935 (additional source) Strombidium sulcatum Claparède & Lachmann, 1859 (additional source) Tintinnopsis beroidea Stein, 1867 (additional source) Tintinnopsis cylindrica Daday, 1887 (basis of record) Tintinnopsis nana Lohmann, 1908 (additional source) Tintinnopsis parvula Jörgensen, 1912 (basis of record) Trachelocerca coluber Kahl, 1933 (basis of record) Tracheloraphis kahli Raikov, 1962 (basis of record) Tracheloraphis teissieri Dragesco, 1960 (basis of record) Uronychia transfuga (O.F. Müller, 1786) Stein, 1859 (additional source) Vorticella marina Greeff, 1870 accepted as Pseudovorticella marina (basis of record) |