The first record of Paracineta irregularis (Ciliophora, Suctorea) as epibiont on Rhombognathus halacarid mite (Acari, Halacaridae) from the Sea of Marmara, Turkey

Durucan, Furkan; Artüz, L.; Dovgal, Igor

doi:10.21685/1680-0826-2019-13-2-4

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“…Second, we selected a case study to test explicitly the latter assumption. We used halacarid marine mites as model organisms because they are common in seagrasses such as P. oceanica (Mari & Morselli, 1990;Zupo, 1993;Durucan, 2018;Durucan & Boyacı, 2018;Durucan & Levent, 2019), yet the habitat preferences of the species associated with this . CC-BY-ND 4.0 International license available under a was not certified by peer review) is the author/funder, who has granted bioRxiv a license to display the preprint in perpetuity.…”

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“…Second, we selected a case study to test explicitly the latter assumption. We used halacarid marine mites as model organisms because they are common in seagrasses such as P. oceanica (Mari & Morselli, 1990;Zupo, 1993;Durucan, 2018;Durucan & Boyacı, 2018;Durucan & Levent, 2019), yet the habitat preferences of the species associated with this plant have never been explicitly investigated. This case study, therefore, provides a point of comparison with the better studied copepods and nematodes (Novak, 1989;Mascart et al, 2013)…”

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Meiofauna is an important, yet neglected, component of biodiversity ofPosidonia oceanica

García‐Gómez

García‐Herrero

Sánchez

et al. 2021

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Posidonia oceanica meadows are biodiversity reservoirs and provide many ecosystem services in coastal Mediterranean regions. Marine meiofauna, on the other hand, not only represents a major component of regional marine biodiversity, but also a useful tool to address both theoretical and applied questions in ecology, evolution, and conservation. We review the meiofaunal diversity in the P. oceanica ecosystem combining a literature review and a case study. First, we gathered records of 664 species from 69 published studies as well as unpublished sources, including few species exclusive from this ecosystem. Eighteen of those studies quantified the spatial and temporal changes of species composition, highlighting habitat-specific assemblages that fluctuate following the annual changes experienced by P. oceanica. Hydrodynamics, habitat complexity, and food availability, all three inherently linked to the seagrass phenology, are recognised as the main factors at shaping the complex distribution patterns of meiofauna in the meadows. These drivers have been identified mainly from Copepoda and Nematoda, and depend ultimately on species-specific preferences. Second, we tested the generality of these observations using marine mites as a model group, showing that the same processes might be in place also for other less abundant meiofaunal groups. Overall, our study highlights an outstanding diversity of meiofauna in P. oceanica and shows its potential for future research, not only focused on exploring and describing new species of neglected meiofaunal organisms, but also providing a more complete understanding on the functioning of the iconic Mediterranean ecosystem created by P. oceanica.

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“…Second, we selected a case study to test explicitly the latter assumption. We used halacarid marine mites as model organisms because they are common in seagrasses such as P. oceanica (Mari & Morselli, 1990;Zupo, 1993;Durucan, 2018;Durucan & Boyacı, 2018;Durucan & Levent, 2019), yet the habitat preferences of the species associated with this plant have never been explicitly investigated. This case study, therefore, provides a point of comparison with the better studied copepods and nematodes (Novak, 1989;Mascart et al, 2013)…”

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Meiofauna is an important, yet neglected, component of biodiversity ofPosidonia oceanica

García‐Gómez

García‐Herrero

Sánchez

et al. 2021

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“…Marine and fresh water mites have been identified as hosts of suctorian ciliates which may be commensals, ecto -or endoparasites. They are common epibionts on marine and freshwater invertebrates such as copepods, cladocerans, nematodes, kinorhynchs, halacarid and hydrachnid mites (Chatterjee, Nanajkar, Dovgal, Sergeeva, Bhave, 2019;Durucan, Boyacı, 2016;Durucan, Artüz, Dovgal, 2019). In Turkey, the first taxonomic study on marine suctorians was done by Durucan and Boyacı (2019) who reported Praethecacineta halacari (Schulz, 1933) on Copidognathus venustus Bartsch, 1977 from Levantine Sea (Antalya).…”

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First record of Thecacineta calix (Ciliophora: Suctoria) on harpacticoid copepod from Aegean Sea, Turkey

Durucan

2019

Acta Biologica

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The present study report a marine suctorian species Thecacineta calix (Schroder, 1907) on harpacticoid copepod collected from Fethiye (Muğla), Aegean Sea, Turkey. This is the first record of this suctorian ciliates from Turkey. It is also first record of this species from Aegean Sea.Pierwsze stwierdzenie Thecacineta calix (Ciliophora: Suctoria) widłonoga z rzędu Harpacticoida z Morza Egejskiego, Turcja Słowa kluczowe sysydlaczki, epibioza, środowisko, wybiórczość gospodarza, diagnoza Streszczenie W artykule zaprezentowano pierwsze stwierdzenie w Turcji i na Morzu Egejskim morskiego sysydlaczka Thecacineta calix (Schroder, 1907) stwierdzonego w Fethiye (Muğla), Morze Egejskie, Turcja.

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“…Specifically, we expected that different halacarid species would prefer different habitats within an individual of P. oceanica. Marine mites are common inhabitants of seagrasses such as P. oceanica (Durucan, 2018(Durucan, , 2021Durucan et al, 2019;Durucan & Boyacı, 2018;Mari & Morselli, 1990;Zupo, 1993), yet the habitat preferences of the species associated with P. oceanica have never been explicitly investigated. We expected that this case study would provide evidence of such preferences to complement information available in the literature from the better studied copepods and nematodes (Mascart et al, 2013;Novak, 1989).…”

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Meiofauna is an important, yet often overlooked, component of biodiversity in the ecosystem formed by Posidonia oceanica

García‐Gómez

García‐Herrero

Sánchez

et al. 2022

Invertebrate Biology

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The ecosystem formed by the marine flowering plant Posidonia oceanica is a biodiversity reservoir and provides many ecosystem services in coastal Mediterranean regions. Marine meiofauna is also a major component of that biodiversity, and its study can be useful in addressing both theoretical and applied questions in ecology, evolution, and conservation. We review the meiofaunal diversity in the meadow ecosystem of P. oceanica by combining a literature review and a case study. First, we gathered records of 672 species from 71 published studies, as well as unpublished sources, highlighting 4 species exclusive to this ecosystem. Eighteen of those studies quantified the spatial and temporal changes in species composition, highlighting habitat‐specific assemblages that fluctuate following the annual changes experienced by these meadows. Hydrodynamics, habitat complexity, and food availability, all three inherently linked to the seagrass phenology, are recognized in the literature as the main factors shaping the complex distribution patterns of meiofauna in the meadows. These drivers have been identified mainly in studies of Copepoda and Nematoda, and their effect may depend ultimately on species‐specific preferences. Second, we tested the generality of these observations using marine mites as a model group, showing that similar ecological preferences might be found in other less abundant meiofaunal groups. Overall, our study highlights the high diversity of meiofauna in meadows of P. oceanica compared with algae and sessile macrofauna associated with this seagrass and shows the complexity of the interactions and habitat use by meiofauna associated with the seagrass.

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The first record of Paracineta irregularis (Ciliophora, Suctorea) as epibiont on Rhombognathus halacarid mite (Acari, Halacaridae) from the Sea of Marmara, Turkey

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Meiofauna is an important, yet neglected, component of biodiversity ofPosidonia oceanica

Meiofauna is an important, yet neglected, component of biodiversity ofPosidonia oceanica

First record of Thecacineta calix (Ciliophora: Suctoria) on harpacticoid copepod from Aegean Sea, Turkey

Meiofauna is an important, yet often overlooked, component of biodiversity in the ecosystem formed by Posidonia oceanica

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