Report of epibiont ciliate Cothurnia sp.(Ciliophora, Peritricha) on tanaids (Tanaidacea) from deep-sea at 4630 m depth of the Indian Ocean and notes on epibiont ciliates of tanaidaceans

Abstract

This paper presents the report of peritrich ciliate Cothurnia sp.as epibiont on tanaidaceans from deepsea at 4630 m depth, Carisberg Ridge of the Indian Ocean.This is first report of ciliate epibiont on tanaidaceans from deep-sea of the Indian Ocean