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

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 August 2009

Igor Dovgal*
Affiliation:
Schmalhausen Institute of Zoology, B. Khmelnitsky str, 15, 01601, Kiev, Ukraine
Tapas Chatterjee
Affiliation:
Indian School of Learning, ISM Annexe, PO—ISM, Dhanbad 826004, Jharkhand, India
D.V. Subba Rao
Affiliation:
Marine Environmental Sciences Division, Bedford Institute of Oceanography, PO Box 1006, Dartmouth, Nova Scotia B2Y 4A2, Canada
Benny K.K. Chan
Affiliation:
Research Centre for Biodiversity, Academia Sinica, Taipei 115, Taiwan
Marleen de Troch
Affiliation:
Marine Biology Section, Department of Zoology, Ghent University, Krijgslaan 281—S8, B-9000 Ghent, Belgium
*
Correspondence should be addressed to: I. Dovgal, Schmalhausen Institute of Zoology, B. Khmelnitsky str, 15, 01601, Kiev, Ukraine email: [email protected]
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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.

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Copyright © Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 2009

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