Living with Nematode: an Epibiont Trematosoma rotunda Associated with Basibiont Desmodora scaldensis from Matla Estuary, Sundarbans, India

Abstract

In the present study, we reported the symbiotic associations of suctorian epibionts Trematosoma rotunda (Allgén 1952) with marine nematode Desmodora scaldensis de Man 1889. The attachment of the epibionts on the cuticle of marine free-living nematodes was reported for the first time from subtidal zone of Matla estuary, Sundarbans, India. We compared the biometrics of epibiont T. rotunda with published literatures, discussed host-epibiont interactions and suggested future research opportunities.