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- The family Vorticellidae consists of 21 genera, with species found worldwide that can be free-living or attached to other organisms as epibionts.
- The paper aims to create an updated checklist of vorticellid species associated with crustaceans, revising existing records of these species and their hosts.
- The study identifies 96 vorticellid species across 14 genera on 81 crustacean species and emphasizes the significance of four genera as major epibionts while calling for a taxonomic revision of the family.
Article Abstract
The family Vorticellidae includes 21 genera, mainly with species worldwide distributed, as free-living, and attached to diverse organisms as epibionts. The goal of this paper is to provide an updated checklist of the worldwide vorticellids reported attached to the crustaceans. We revised and checked all available records of species of vorticellids including their crustacean hosts. We found 96 vorticellid species belonging to 14 genera with at least a report on the body of 81 species of crustaceans. Four genera of ciliates (Vorticella, Pseudovorticella, Carchesium and Intranstylum) had the major number of species living as epibionts. We provide also the complete list of the species of vorticellids, and conclude the need of a taxonomic revision of the family.
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