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Ciliate Hitch-hikers—Nematode ecto-commensals from tropical Australian sea grass meadows

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 April 2003

R. Fisher
R. Fisher
Affiliation:
Estuarine Biology and Ecology Group, School of Marine Biology and Aquaculture, James Cook University, Townsville, 4811, Queensland, Australia, E-mail: RyanFisher77@hotmail.com
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Abstract

The presence of suctorian ciliates attached to the cuticle of heavily ornamented free-living marine nematodes, especially the family Desmodoridae, has been reported. Observations of nematode hosts and their attached ciliates were made from samples extracted from very fine muddy sands of tropical Australian sea grass meadows. Measurements of the point of attachment of the ciliates revealed that they tend to position themselves near the anus/cloaca of the nematode host.

Type
Research Article
Information
Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom , Volume 83 , Issue 3 , June 2003 , pp. 445 - 446
Copyright
2003 Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom

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