Records of Free-living Ciliates in Saudi Arabia. I. Marine Interstitial Ciliates of the Arabian Gulf Islands of Al-Batinah and Abu Ali PDF

Keywords

islands, marine, salt-marshes

Abstract

Thirty eight species of marine interstitial ciliates have been identified from collections made from the coastlines and salt-marshes of the Saudi Arabian Gulf Islands of Al Batinah and Abu Ali. The species reported belonged to 31 genera and 22 families, all represent new records of the fauna of The Arabian Gulf and Saudi Arabia and seven of them were present at all collection sites. The distribution of each species around the two islands was recorded.