Report of epibiont ciliates on benthic seed shrimps (Crustacea: Ostracoda) from subtidal Mumbai coast of India with addendum to the checklist of ciliates inhabiting ostracods

Abstract

This article deals with the report of two ciliate species., Cothurnia cf.recurva Clapar�de & Lachmann, 1859 and Acineta poculum Hertwig, 1876 as epibionts on ostracods from the subtidal zone of Mumbai, west coast of India.Acineta poculum is reported here first time from the Indian Ocean.Both species are reported here for the first time as epibiont on ostracods.Further, additional information is provided in the checklist of ciliate epibionts of ostracods