Widespread Association of Ciliates Colonizing Gills of Shrimps Inhabiting Vents and Seeps Across the Pacific Ocean. [PDF]
J Eukaryot MicrobiolABSTRACT Bacterial symbiosis is well‐documented in chemosynthesis‐based ecosystems, but associations with microeukaryotes remain overlooked. In this study, using scanning electron microscopy and 18S rDNA barcoding, we investigate the presence, diversity, and biogeographic patterns of ciliate epibionts associated with two deep‐sea caridean families ...
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Variation in epibiont communities among restocked giant clam species (Cardiidae: Tridacninae) and across different habitat types [PDF]
, 2023 Giant clam shells provide a solid substrate for various species of epibionts. Yet, it is not well known how epibiont communities vary among populations of different giant clam species and in giant clams restocked in different habitat types.
Hoeksema, Bert W.; id_orcid +10 more
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Report of rotifer-ciliate-gastropod hyperepibiosis found on snail (Mollusca) from Goa, India
Acta Biologica, 2021 Here we report a rotifer-ciliate-gastropod hyperepibiosis in freshwater canal, Goa, India. A rotifer Philodina cf. megalotrocha Ehrenberg, 1832 was found attached on the colony of Epistylis plicatilis Ehrenberg, 1838 which was epibiont on gastropod ...
Tapas Chatterjee +3 more
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On the move: sloths and their epibionts as model mobile ecosystems [PDF]
Biological Reviews, 2021 ABSTRACTSloths are unusual mobile ecosystems, containing a high diversity of epibionts living and growing in their fur as they climb slowly through the canopies of tropical forests. These epibionts include poorly studied algae, arthropods, fungi, and bacteria, making sloths likely reservoirs of unexplored biodiversity. This review aims to identify gaps
Maya Kaup, Sam Trull, Erik F. Y. Hom
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Diversity, 2020 Sea turtles migrate thousands of miles annually between foraging and breeding areas, carrying dozens of epibiont species with them on their journeys. Most sea turtle epibiont studies have focused on large-sized organisms, those visible to the naked eye ...
Jeroen Ingels +16 more
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First discovery of a barnacle (Balanus crenatus) on the critically endangered flapper skate (Dipturus intermedius) [PDF]
Ecology.Ecology, Volume 107, Issue 10, October 2026.
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Planktivore effects on zooplankton epibiont communities: Epibiont pigmentation effects [PDF]
Limnology and Oceanography, 1993 We observed the development of epibiont communities on freshwater crustacean zooplankton from 12 July–31 August 1991 in three ponds: one with planktivorous fish, a second with planktivorous larval salamanders, and a third with planktivorous fish added midway through the sampling period.
Ruth L. Willey +2 more
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Spatial variation in epibiont communities on the shells of Patella vulgata along an estuarine gradient [PDF]
, 2021 In space limited intertidal habitats, non-specific substratum generalists can be observed to increase their survival and settlement opportunities by growing upon other living organisms.
Wilson, Edward
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Omni-Akuatika, 2023 Seagrass ecosystems have been indicated as the new hotspots of microplastics (MPs) in the marine environment. This work aimed at determining the potential of microplastics and epibionts accumulation on Enhalus acoroides leaves at the coast of Mare Island
Yunita Ramili, Halikuddin Umasangaji
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New record of Thecacineta calix (Ciliophora, Suctorea) from Florida coast, Gulf of Mexico
Acta Biologica, 2020 The suctorian ciliate Thecacineta calix is reported off the coast of Panama, Florida (USA) epibiont on meiobenthic harpacticoid copepod. This is the first report of T. calix from Florida coast.
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