Laboratorio de Protozoología, Departamento de Biología Comparada, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Nacional Autónoma México, Av. Universidad 3000, Circuito Ext. s/núm. Coyoacán, C. P. 04510 Ciudad de México, Mexico..
Zootaxa. 2021 Mar 26;4949(3):zootaxa.4949.3.7. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.4949.3.7.
Eight genera are included in the family Zoothamniidae, and at the present the data of the epibiotic species on crustaceans is not updated. Thus, the main goal of the present work is to provide the checklist of zoothamniids worldwide reported as associated to several groups of crustaceans, including some data of their geographic distribution, and also to provide the complete list of species of this peritrich group. We obtained all available data of family Zoothamniidae and checked their taxonomic status. Then we provided the complete list of species including those reported as epibionts on crustacean hosts. We obtained 156 species included in eight genera of Zoothamniidae, being 85 species recorded as symbionts on 86 species of hosts. Genus Zoothamnium contained the higher number (56) of epibiotic species on crustaceans, and genus Pseudohaplocaulus has not been reported for any crustacean. The reviewed data highlights the concentration of records in Europe, and stands out the need to amplify sampling and studies in the Southern Hemisphere. The main groups of crustaceans infested by zoothamniids are the amphipods, isopods and decapods.
目前，关于甲壳类动物附生种的数据尚未更新，因此，本研究的主要目的是提供全世界已报道的与甲壳类动物多个类群相关的毛口目动物清单，包括其地理分布的一些数据，并提供该缘毛目群的完整物种列表。我们获取了所有可用的毛口目科数据并检查了它们的分类地位。然后，我们提供了完整的物种列表，包括那些被报道为甲壳类宿主附生物种。我们获得了包括 86 种宿主上 85 种共生种在内的 156 种物种。毛口属包含了最多数量（56 种）的甲壳类附生物种，而拟真环虫属尚未在任何甲壳类动物中被报道。综述数据突出了记录在欧洲的集中性，并强调需要在南半球扩大采样和研究。受毛口目动物侵害的主要甲壳类动物群体是端足目、等足目和十足目。
