Observations on Pyxidium tardigradum (Ciliophora), a protozoan living on Eutardigrada: infestation, morphology and feeding behaviour.
Vicente F1, Michalczyk L, Kaczmarek L, Boavida MJ.
Parasitology research.Parasitol Res.2008 Nov;103(6):1323-31. doi: 10.1007/s00436-008-1136-8. Epub 2008 Aug 8.
Pyxidium tardigradum is a protozoan that has been reported on a few occasions as an epizoan symphoriont living on eutardigrades. We report here the first records of this species from Kirghizia (the first Asian record), Poland and Portugal. The Portuguese population revealed the largest P. tardigradu