Primer registro de Conidophyrys pitelkae (Ciliophora: Apostomatia: Pilisuctorida) en crustáceos decápodos de la Laguna de Tamiahua, Veracruz

Abstract

CONIDOPHRYS PITELKAE IS DESCRIBED AND ILLUSTRED FOR THE FIRST TIME IN MEXICO. THIS PILISUCTORIAN CILIATE IS ASSOCIATED TO PEREIPODS AND PLEIPODS OF DECAPOD CRUSTACEA. THE MATERIAL WAS COLLECTED AT TAMIAHUA LAGOON, VERACRUZ, MEXICO, DURING JUNE, SEPTEMBER AND NOVEMBER OF 1990. THIRTHY-FOUR DECAPODS WERE DISSECTED AND SOME LIFE CYCLES STAGES OF C. PITELKAE WERE FOUND ATTACHED ON ELEVEN INDIVIDUALS OF PENAEUS SETIFERUS, SPECIALLY ABUNDANT ON PEREIPODS. THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN PILISUCTORIANS AND ITS HOSTS IS TO GE THEIR NOURISHMENT THROUGH SEATE.