Praethecacineta halacari (Schulz 1933)
- Dataset
- A checklist of epibiont suctorian and peritrich ciliates (Ciliophora) on halacarid and hydrachnid mites (Acari: Halacaridae & Hydrachnidia)
- Rank
- SPECIES
Classification
- kingdom
- Chromista
- phylum
- Ciliophora
- class
- Phyllopharyngea
- order
- Exogenida
- family
- Thecacinetidae
- genus
- Praethecacineta
- species
- Praethecacineta halacari
description
Dovgal et al. (2008 a) identified P. halacari on the idiosoma of C. tupinamborum Pepato & Tiago, 2005 from the Аtlantic coast of Brazil based on the figure 1 B in Pepato & Tiago (2005). Dovgal et al. (2008 a) also reported P. halacari on C. arabicus Chatterjee & Chang, 2004 collected from Goa on the west coast of India (Аrabian Sea). Seven of the 33 mites were infested by suctorians. They commented that P. halacari was found on C. arabicus, but not on species of the co-occurring genera Rhombognathus and Agauopsis. Dovgal et al. (2009 b) reported P. halacari on Copidognathus sp. from He-Ping-Dao, north-east of Taiwan, west Pacific Ocean, among intertidal coralline algae in exposed rocky shores. They also reported P. halacari on Copidognathus ungujaensis Chatterjee, De Troch & Chang, 2006 from Matemwe, the east coast of Unguja, Zanzibar, Tanzania (west Indian Ocean) among coral rubble of Fungia and on one halacarid mite from Nova Scotia, St Margaret’s Bay, Canada (north-western Аtlantic) in intertidal algae of the genus Enteromorpha on a rocky coast. Normant et al. (2013) reported P. halacari on Copidognathus sp. from the brackish waters of the Gulf of Gdańsk associated with the Chinese mitten crab Eriocheir sinensis. Chatterjee et al. (2014) reported four ciliates of this species on legs of a halacarid mite, Copidognathus sp., from Brunei Darussalam, Brunei Bay, Pulau Bedukang. Bartsch (2015 a) reported P. halacari (Schulz, 1933) on Acarothrix grandocularis Chatterjee, 2012, Agaue galatea Oto, 1999, C. presidents Bartsch, 1992 and Rhombognathus aspidotus Bartsch, 2006 from Singapore. Durucan & Boyaci (2016) reported this species as epibiont on Copidognathus sp. from Аlgarve region of Аlbuferia coast, Portugal.
description
Hamond (1970) reported this species on halacarid mites Copidognathus fabricii (Lohmann, 1889) and C. oculatus (Hodge, 1863) at the sea coast of Norfolk, eastern England. Rare instances of the species are also known from the Bulgarian coast of the Black Sea (Detcheva 1992).
discussion
Remarks: This species recorded only from halacarid mites.