Species Balantidium jocularum Grim, 1993

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• Balantidium jocularum Grim, J.N. 1993. Description of somatic kineties and vestibular organization of Balantidium jocularum sp. n., and possible taxonomic implications for the class Litostomatea and the genus Balantidium. Acta Protozoologica 32: 37-45.

Distribution

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Ecological Descriptors

Symbiotic (host(s): Naso tonganus Valenciennes, 1835 [ACANTHURIDAE] Bulbnose Unicronfish (intestines); Naso tuberosus Lacepede, 1802 [ACANTHURIDAE] Humphead Unicornfish (intestines)).

Associated Fauna References

Grim, J.N. 1993. Description of somatic kineties and vestibular organization of Balantidium jocularum sp. n., and possible taxonomic implications for the class Litostomatea and the genus Balantidium. Acta Protozoologica 32: 37-45 (Naso tuberosus)

Grim, J.N. 2006. Food vacuole contents in the ciliate, Balantidium jocularum (Balantididae), a symbiont in the intestine of the surgeonfish, Naso tonganus (Acanthuridae). Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology 53: 269-274 (Naso tonganus)

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