taxonID	type	description	language	source
933F87A3FFBAFFC66281CE72FC47FD09.taxon	description	(Fig. 2 A – B, 3 A – E)	en	Chatterjee, Tapas, Dovgal, Igor, Sautya, Sabyasachi (2022): A new species of genus Rhabdophrya (Ciliophora: Suctorea) from the west coast of India and comments on the genus taxonomy. Zootaxa 5178 (3): 293-300, DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5178.3.8
933F87A3FFBAFFC66281CE72FC47FD09.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis: Aloricate, stalked suctorian ciliate with elongated, very slightly laterally flattened, saсciform body with distinct longitudinal folds (Fig. 3 A, C). The edges of the body are somewhat thinner than the central part (Fig. 3 B, D). There are up to 33 tentacles, which are rod-like with conically enlarged bases, arranged in two rows along the length of the body lateral edge. Macronucleus ellipsoidal, positioned in the lower part of the cell body. Stalk about the same length as the body, or some longer, transparent, furnished with noticeable longitudinal fold and with widening (physon) in contact zone with the base of the body. Reproduction not observed.	en	Chatterjee, Tapas, Dovgal, Igor, Sautya, Sabyasachi (2022): A new species of genus Rhabdophrya (Ciliophora: Suctorea) from the west coast of India and comments on the genus taxonomy. Zootaxa 5178 (3): 293-300, DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5178.3.8
933F87A3FFBAFFC66281CE72FC47FD09.taxon	description	Measurements (in µm, based on two individuals): Body length 74 – 87; body width 32 – 33; body thickness 23; stalk length 35 – 51; stalk width 7 – 11; physon width 11 – 16; dimensions of macronucleus 16 – 19 × 9 – 11; tentacle length 11 – 41; number of the tentacles 26 – 33.	en	Chatterjee, Tapas, Dovgal, Igor, Sautya, Sabyasachi (2022): A new species of genus Rhabdophrya (Ciliophora: Suctorea) from the west coast of India and comments on the genus taxonomy. Zootaxa 5178 (3): 293-300, DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5178.3.8
933F87A3FFBAFFC66281CE72FC47FD09.taxon	materials_examined	Type materials: Type materials for new species are deposited (by third author Sabyasachi Sautya) at CSIRNational Institute of Oceanography Taxonomic Reference Centre, Mumbai, India (CSIR-NIO). Type locality: Navy-Nagar, Mumbai intertidal coralline region; latitude 18 ° 54 ’ 17.05 ’’ N longitude 72 ° 48 ’ 08.09 ’’ E west coast of India, the Arabian Sea (Fig. 1). Type host: Benthic harpacticoid copepods (Fig. 2 A, B). Localization (Attachment place of epibiont on basibiont): Thoracal segments of harpacticoid hosts (Fig. 2 A, B).	en	Chatterjee, Tapas, Dovgal, Igor, Sautya, Sabyasachi (2022): A new species of genus Rhabdophrya (Ciliophora: Suctorea) from the west coast of India and comments on the genus taxonomy. Zootaxa 5178 (3): 293-300, DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5178.3.8
933F87A3FFBAFFC66281CE72FC47FD09.taxon	diagnosis	Differential diagnosis: The new species is most relative to R. truncata, R. nymphonis and R. populiformis but differs from these species by ellipsoid instead of band-like macronucleus and presence of physon. The new species differs from R. trimorpha by long stalk with physon and by shorter, compact cell body.	en	Chatterjee, Tapas, Dovgal, Igor, Sautya, Sabyasachi (2022): A new species of genus Rhabdophrya (Ciliophora: Suctorea) from the west coast of India and comments on the genus taxonomy. Zootaxa 5178 (3): 293-300, DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5178.3.8
933F87A3FFBAFFC66281CE72FC47FD09.taxon	etymology	Etymology: The specific epithet reflects the type locality Mumbai.	en	Chatterjee, Tapas, Dovgal, Igor, Sautya, Sabyasachi (2022): A new species of genus Rhabdophrya (Ciliophora: Suctorea) from the west coast of India and comments on the genus taxonomy. Zootaxa 5178 (3): 293-300, DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5178.3.8
933F87A3FFBFFFC66281CA8EFE58FB49.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis: Suctorian ciliates with unloricate, unbrahched, stalked, elongated, slightly laterally flattened, ribbonlike or sac-like body. Rod like tentacles (pachytenes — term of Jankowski, 2007) are evenly distributed or arranged in fascicles along the lateral edge of body. Macronucleus elongated or long, band-like. Reproduction by exogemmic budding with forming of lateral unciliary, vermiform swarmer (vermigemmy). Type species Rhabdophrya trimorpha Chatton & Collin, 1910.	en	Chatterjee, Tapas, Dovgal, Igor, Sautya, Sabyasachi (2022): A new species of genus Rhabdophrya (Ciliophora: Suctorea) from the west coast of India and comments on the genus taxonomy. Zootaxa 5178 (3): 293-300, DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5178.3.8
933F87A3FFBFFFC66281CC36FE71F819.taxon	description	(Fig. 4 A – D)	en	Chatterjee, Tapas, Dovgal, Igor, Sautya, Sabyasachi (2022): A new species of genus Rhabdophrya (Ciliophora: Suctorea) from the west coast of India and comments on the genus taxonomy. Zootaxa 5178 (3): 293-300, DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5178.3.8
933F87A3FFBFFFC66281CC36FE71F819.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis: Aloricate suctorian ciliate with extremely elongated, ribbon-like, slightly laterally flattened cell body. The cross section of the body is elliptical since the edges of the body are thinner than the central part. Short rod-like tentacles evenly distributed along the entire height of the body, not arranged in the fascicles. The macronucleus, ellipsoidal, single micronucleus positioned near macronucleus. There are two or three contractile vacuoles. Stalk short, thin, with small adhesive disk and good developed cup-like apical widening (epicone). Reproduction by vermigemmy (Fig. 4 B) with forming of short, unstalked swarmer (Fig. 4 C), which, after attaching to the host body, forming stalk with epicone, grows (Fig. 4 D) and turn into trophont stage.	en	Chatterjee, Tapas, Dovgal, Igor, Sautya, Sabyasachi (2022): A new species of genus Rhabdophrya (Ciliophora: Suctorea) from the west coast of India and comments on the genus taxonomy. Zootaxa 5178 (3): 293-300, DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5178.3.8
933F87A3FFBFFFC66281CC36FE71F819.taxon	description	Measurements (in µm, after Chatton & Collin 1910): Trophont body length 160 – 175; body width 12 – 15; stalk length about 5. The length of undeveloped swarmer 45, width 10. The length of developed swarmer about the same as in trophont stage.	en	Chatterjee, Tapas, Dovgal, Igor, Sautya, Sabyasachi (2022): A new species of genus Rhabdophrya (Ciliophora: Suctorea) from the west coast of India and comments on the genus taxonomy. Zootaxa 5178 (3): 293-300, DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5178.3.8
933F87A3FFBFFFC66281CC36FE71F819.taxon	materials_examined	Type locality: The Mediterranean Sea, Banyuls-sur-Mer, Cap l’Abeille, France (Chatton & Collin 1910). Type host: Cletodes longicaudatus (Boeck, 1872). Other hosts and localities: The species also reported as epibiont on copepods Typhlamphiascus sp. and Enhydrosoma sp. from Slovenian coastal water, Bay of Piran, Gulf of Trieste, the North Adriatic Sea (FernandezLeborans et al. 2012).	en	Chatterjee, Tapas, Dovgal, Igor, Sautya, Sabyasachi (2022): A new species of genus Rhabdophrya (Ciliophora: Suctorea) from the west coast of India and comments on the genus taxonomy. Zootaxa 5178 (3): 293-300, DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5178.3.8
933F87A3FFBEFFC76281CD91FAC0F9F0.taxon	description	(Fig. 4 E)	en	Chatterjee, Tapas, Dovgal, Igor, Sautya, Sabyasachi (2022): A new species of genus Rhabdophrya (Ciliophora: Suctorea) from the west coast of India and comments on the genus taxonomy. Zootaxa 5178 (3): 293-300, DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5178.3.8
933F87A3FFBEFFC76281CD91FAC0F9F0.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis: Aloricate suctorian ciliate with elongated, converged to the top, very slightly laterally flattened, stalked cell body. Numerous, rod-like tentacles are arranged in several groups along the lateral edge of body. Stalk without widenings or epicone, its length does not exceed half the length of the body. Macronucleus long, ribbon-like. Reproduction by vermigemmic budding.	en	Chatterjee, Tapas, Dovgal, Igor, Sautya, Sabyasachi (2022): A new species of genus Rhabdophrya (Ciliophora: Suctorea) from the west coast of India and comments on the genus taxonomy. Zootaxa 5178 (3): 293-300, DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5178.3.8
933F87A3FFBEFFC76281CD91FAC0F9F0.taxon	description	Measurements (in µm, after Kahl 1934): Body length 250, body width 28.	en	Chatterjee, Tapas, Dovgal, Igor, Sautya, Sabyasachi (2022): A new species of genus Rhabdophrya (Ciliophora: Suctorea) from the west coast of India and comments on the genus taxonomy. Zootaxa 5178 (3): 293-300, DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5178.3.8
933F87A3FFBEFFC76281CD91FAC0F9F0.taxon	materials_examined	Type locality: The Norwegian Sea near Tromsø, Norway (Dons 1915). Type hosts: Brown and red algae and hydroids. Other hosts and localities: The species reported as epibionts on calanoid copepods Candacia columbiae Campbell, 1929 and Paraeuchaeta elongata (Esterly, 1913) in the North Pacific Ocean (Endo et al. 2020).	en	Chatterjee, Tapas, Dovgal, Igor, Sautya, Sabyasachi (2022): A new species of genus Rhabdophrya (Ciliophora: Suctorea) from the west coast of India and comments on the genus taxonomy. Zootaxa 5178 (3): 293-300, DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5178.3.8
933F87A3FFBEFFC46281CFEDFDDBFECD.taxon	description	(Fig. 4 F)	en	Chatterjee, Tapas, Dovgal, Igor, Sautya, Sabyasachi (2022): A new species of genus Rhabdophrya (Ciliophora: Suctorea) from the west coast of India and comments on the genus taxonomy. Zootaxa 5178 (3): 293-300, DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5178.3.8
933F87A3FFBEFFC46281CFEDFDDBFECD.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis: Aloricate suctorian ciliate with elongated, converged to the top, very slightly laterally flattened, stalked cell body. Few in number, rod-like tentacles arranged in groups along the lateral edge of body. Stalk short, provided with epicone. Macronucleus long, ribbon-like. Reproduction by vermigemmic budding.	en	Chatterjee, Tapas, Dovgal, Igor, Sautya, Sabyasachi (2022): A new species of genus Rhabdophrya (Ciliophora: Suctorea) from the west coast of India and comments on the genus taxonomy. Zootaxa 5178 (3): 293-300, DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5178.3.8
933F87A3FFBEFFC46281CFEDFDDBFECD.taxon	description	Measurements (in µm, after Kahl 1934): Body length 220 – 247, stalk length 55 – 90.	en	Chatterjee, Tapas, Dovgal, Igor, Sautya, Sabyasachi (2022): A new species of genus Rhabdophrya (Ciliophora: Suctorea) from the west coast of India and comments on the genus taxonomy. Zootaxa 5178 (3): 293-300, DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5178.3.8
933F87A3FFBEFFC46281CFEDFDDBFECD.taxon	materials_examined	Type locality: Kola Bay of the Barents Sea (Gassovsky 1916). Type hosts: Halecium sp. Other hosts and localities: This was also reported on Idotea sp., Cabere aellisii (Fleming, 1814) from Kola Bay of the Barents Sea (Gassovsky 1916); on bryozoans and algae from the Barents Sea near Murmansk (Jankowski 2007; Chatterjeee & Dovgal 2020).	en	Chatterjee, Tapas, Dovgal, Igor, Sautya, Sabyasachi (2022): A new species of genus Rhabdophrya (Ciliophora: Suctorea) from the west coast of India and comments on the genus taxonomy. Zootaxa 5178 (3): 293-300, DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5178.3.8
933F87A3FFBDFFC46281C8B2FBE8FCB5.taxon	description	(Fig. 4 G)	en	Chatterjee, Tapas, Dovgal, Igor, Sautya, Sabyasachi (2022): A new species of genus Rhabdophrya (Ciliophora: Suctorea) from the west coast of India and comments on the genus taxonomy. Zootaxa 5178 (3): 293-300, DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5178.3.8
933F87A3FFBDFFC46281C8B2FBE8FCB5.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis: Aloricate suctorian ciliate with elongated, not converged to the top, very slightly laterally flattened, stalked cell body. Few in number, short, rod-like tentacles arranged in groups along the lateral edge of body. Stalk short, provided with good developed epicone. Macronucleus long, thin, ribbon-like. Reproduction not observed.	en	Chatterjee, Tapas, Dovgal, Igor, Sautya, Sabyasachi (2022): A new species of genus Rhabdophrya (Ciliophora: Suctorea) from the west coast of India and comments on the genus taxonomy. Zootaxa 5178 (3): 293-300, DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5178.3.8
933F87A3FFBDFFC46281C8B2FBE8FCB5.taxon	description	Measurements (in µm, after Kahl 1934): Body length 90 – 103.	en	Chatterjee, Tapas, Dovgal, Igor, Sautya, Sabyasachi (2022): A new species of genus Rhabdophrya (Ciliophora: Suctorea) from the west coast of India and comments on the genus taxonomy. Zootaxa 5178 (3): 293-300, DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5178.3.8
933F87A3FFBDFFC46281C8B2FBE8FCB5.taxon	materials_examined	Type locality: Kola Bay of the Barents Sea (Gassovsky 1916). Type host: Nymphon sp. Other hosts and localities: The species mentioned as found epibiotic on hydroids, algae and bryozoans from the Barents Sea near Murmansk (Jankowski 2007; Chatterjeee & Dovgal 2020).	en	Chatterjee, Tapas, Dovgal, Igor, Sautya, Sabyasachi (2022): A new species of genus Rhabdophrya (Ciliophora: Suctorea) from the west coast of India and comments on the genus taxonomy. Zootaxa 5178 (3): 293-300, DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5178.3.8
