Species Kahlilembus attenuatus (Smith, 1897)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Cohnilembus attenuatus Smith, J. C. 1897. Notes on some new, or presumably new Infusoria. American Monthly Microscopical Journal xviii(i): 109-117.

Generic Combinations

• Kahlilembus attenuatus (Smith, 1897). —
  Foissner, W., Berger, H. & Kohmann, F. 1994. Taxonomische und okologische Revision der Ciliaten des Saprobiensystems. Band III: Hymenostomata, Prostomatida, Nassulida. Informationsberichte des Bayerisches Landesamtes für Wasserwirtschaft, München 1/94: 548 pp.

Introduction

Size: not recorded; region: not recorded

Ecological Descriptors

Freshwater, soil dweller, symbiotic (host(s): Acropora cytherea Dana, 1846 [ACROPORIDAE] Coral (ectoparasitic brown band disease); Acropora grandis (Brook, 1892) [ACROPORIDAE] Branching Coral (ectoparasitic brown band disease); Acropora hyacinthus Dana, 1846 [ACROPORIDAE] Coral (ectoparasitic brown band disease); Acropora intermedia (Brook, 1891) [ACROPORIDAE] Branching Coral (ectoparasitic brown band disease); Acropora monticulosa (Bruggemann, 1879) [ACROPORIDAE] staghorn coral (ectoparasitic brown band disease); Acropora muricata Linnaeus, 1758 [ACROPORIDAE] staghorn coral (ectoparasitic brown band disease); Acropora palifera Lamarck, 1816 [ACROPORIDAE] cat’s paw coral (ectoparasitic brown band disease); Acropora secale (Studer, 1878) [ACROPORIDAE] staghorn coral (ectoparasitic brown band disease); Acropora sp. [ACROPORIDAE] corymbose coral (ectoparasitic brown band disease); Acropora sp. [ACROPORIDAE] digitate coral (ectoparasitic brown band disease); Acropora sp. [ACROPORIDAE] isoporan coral (ectoparasitic brown band disease); Acropora sp. [ACROPORIDAE] staghorn coral (ectoparasitic brown band disease); Acropora sp. [ACROPORIDAE] tabular coral (ectoparasitic brown band disease); Acropora subulata (Dana, 1846) [ACROPORIDAE] coral (ectoparasitic brown band disease); Acropora valida (Dana, 1846) [ACROPORIDAE] coral (ectoparasitic brown band disease); Acropora yongei Veron & Wallace, 1984 [ACROPORIDAE] green slimer coral (ectoparasitic brown band disease); Echinopora sp. [FAVIIDAE] Coral (ectoparasitic brown band disease); Favia sp. [FAVIIDAE] Coral (ectoparasitic brown band disease); Montipora sp. [ACROPORIDAE] coral (ectoparasitic brown band disease); Pocillopora damicornis Linnaeus, 1758 [POCILLOPORIDAE] cauliflower or brush coral (ectoparasitic brown band disease); Pocillopora meandrina Dana, 1846 [POCILLOPORIDAE] cauliflower coral (ectoparasitic brown band disease); Pocillopora sp. [POCILLOPORIDAE] coral (ectoparasitic brown band disease)).

General References

Foissner, W. 1998. An updated compilation of world soil ciliates (Protozoa, Ciliophora), with ecological notes, new records, and descriptions of new species. European Journal of Protistology 34: 195-235

Foissner, W., Agatha, S. & Berger, H. 2002. Soil ciliates (Protozoa, Ciliophora) from Namibia (Southwest Africa), with emphasis on two contrasting environments, the Etosha Region and the Namib Desert. Denisia 5: 1-1459

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