Subclass SCUTICOCILIATIA Small, 1967

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Introduction

Scuticociliates, with scuticum or scuticovestige.
Unidentified species recorded from southeastern Australia and Great Barrier Reef; size not recorded.

Ecological Descriptors

Freshwater, 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)).

Extra Ecological Information

Free-living species.

General References

Bourne, D.G., Boyett, H.V., Henderson, M.E., Muirhead, A. & Willis, B.L. 2008. Identification of a ciliate (Oligohymenophora: Scuticociliata) associated with brown band disease on corals of the Great Barrier Reef. Applied and Environmental Microbiology 74: 883-888 (ecology)

Laybourn-Parry, J., Boyall, J. & Rogers, P. 1999. The role of flagellated and ciliated protozoa in lagoon and grass filter sewage treatment systems. Water Research 33: 2971-2977

Ulstrup, K.E., Kuhl, M. & Bourne, D.G. 2007. Zooxanthellae harvested by ciliates associated with brown band syndrome of corals remain photosynthetically competent. Applied and Environmental Microbiology 73: 1968-1975 (ecology)

Willis, B.L., Page, C.A. & Dinsdale, E.A. 2004. Coral disease on the Great Barrier Reef. pp. 69-104 in Rosenberg, E. & Loya, Y. (eds.). Coral Health and Disease. Berlin : Springer-Verlag. (ecology)

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