The First Record of Intestinal Ciliates from the Mountain Zebra (Equus zebra) in South Africa

• Authors: Olga Kornilova , Klara Tsushko , Ludmila Chistyakova

Abstracts

EN

This paper is a first report on species of endosymbiotic ciliates (Litostomatea, Trichostomatia) inhabiting the intestine of zebras in South Africa. Ciliates from Mountain Zebra were investigated for the first time in the world. The wild population of mountain zebras in general and the Cape Mountain Zebra subspecies in particular is low in numbers: this species is included as vulnerable in the IUCN Red List. Approximately 15 species of trichostome ciliates from 9 different genera were found in the samples collected from wild zebras in Western Cape, South Africa. Some of the ciliate species are also common to horses and other equids, while others are unique for zebras. The ciliates of Triplumaria genus common to elephants and rhinoceroses, and the species Blepharosphaera ceratotherii previously described in rhinoceroses were found in equids for the first time.

Keywords

EN

Trichostomatia; ciliate; Triplumaria; Equus zebra; mountain zebra

• Publisher: Uniwersytet Jagielloński. Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego
• Journal: Acta Protozoologica
• Year: 2020
• Volume: 59
• Issue: 3-4
• Pages: 149-155

Dates

published

2020

Contributors

author

Olga Kornilova

• Department of Zoology, Herzen State Pedagogical University of Russia, St. Petersburg, Russia

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Klara Tsushko

• Core Facility Centre “Culture Collection of Microorganisms” St. Petersburg State University, St. Petersburg, Russia

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Ludmila Chistyakova

• Laboratory of Parasitic Worms and Protistology, Zoological Institute RAS, St. Petersburg, Russia

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Identifiers

DOI

10.4467/16890027AP.20.012.13267

Biblioteka Nauki

52069395