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A report on epibionts and new record of two ciliates Ephelota plana and Ephelota gigantea in the coastal waters of Bay of Bengal, Northern Indian Ocean

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The present study highlights the effect of epibiont on basibiont and their host-specificity on marine copepods and phytoplankton in coastal waters of Bay of Bengal. These epibionts have been investigated from three transects (TrA: 10 m.17.80°N;83.427°E; 20 m.17.80°N; 83.453°E; 30 m. 17.80°N; 83.469°E; TrB:10 m.17.75°N; 83.406°E; 20 m. 17.75°N; 83.41°E; 30 m. 17.75°N; 83.5°E and TrC:10 m.16.97°N;82.342°E; 20 m.16.97°N;82.391°E; 30 m 16.97°N; 82.425°E) from 0 to 30 m depths. Morphology, ecology and biometric data of all epibionts have been studied from fixed samples. This is the first report of epizoic diatom e.g., Pseudohimantidium pacificum attached with the copepod Ditrichocorycaeus asiaticus, and three ciliates, e.g., Ephelota gemmipara on the Canthocalanus pauper, Ephelota plana on the Centropages orsinii and Ephelota gigantea on the Euchaeta concinna reported from the Bay of Bengal (BoB), northern Indian Ocean. In this study, basibiont species specificity was shown by Vorticella oceanica, P. pacificum and E. gigantea.

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The authors are greatly indebted to the Director, Dr. Kailash Chandra, Zoological Survey of India for his timely support and facilities to carry out the work. The authors like to thank DST-SERB (sanction no. ECR/2007/000087) for the financial support provided to carry out the work. We are also thankful to CSIR [sanction letter number 09/1181(0003)/2017-EMR-I], for providing JRF fellowship to Ms. Alfisa Siddique.

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  2. Department of Marine Biology, Microbiology and Biochemistry, Cochin University of Science and Technology, Kochi- 16, India

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Purushothaman, J., Bhowal, A., Siddique, A. et al. A report on epibionts and new record of two ciliates Ephelota plana and Ephelota gigantea in the coastal waters of Bay of Bengal, Northern Indian Ocean. Symbiosis 80, 217–230 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13199-019-00659-7

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