Metephelota excavata

• Main Authors: Chatterjee, Tapas, Dovgal, Igor
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: Zenodo 2020
• Subjects: Biodiversity; Taxonomy; Protozoa; Ciliophora; Ciliatea; Suctorida; Ephelotidae; Metephelota; Metephelota excavata; Bodø; Norway
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4387932; https://zenodo.org/record/4387932

Metephelota excavata (Dons, 1938) Report as epibiont on bryozoans: This species was reported as epibiont on bryozoans from the Folden fjord north of Bodø, Norway (Dons 1938). Report as epibiont on other hosts: The species was also found on hydroids from the same locality (Dons 1938). Remarks: Dovgal (2002) transferred the species Podocyathus excavatus Dons, 1938 into genus Metephelota . : Published as part of Chatterjee, Tapas & Dovgal, Igor, 2020, A checklist of ciliate epibionts (Ciliophora) found on bryozoans, pp. 547-559 in Zootaxa 4896 (4) on page 549, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4896.4.6, http://zenodo.org/record/4387921 : {"references": ["Dons, C. (1938) Podocyathus excavatus n. sp. eine neue Suctorie. Det Kongelige Norske Videnskabers Selskab Forhadlinger, 10, 169 - 172.", "Dovgal, I. V. (2002) Evolution, phylogeny and classification of Suctorea (Ciliophora). Protistology, 2 (4), 194 - 270."]}