Community Structure and Biodiversity of Soil Ciliates at Dongzhaigang Mangrove Forest in Hainan Island, China

Table 7

Comparison (%) of the taxonomic composition of the faunas investigated with the world list of soil ciliates and a representative freshwater ciliates assemblage.

Ciliate groups	Soil (%)^∗					Freshwater assemblage
	Dongzhaigang	Africa	Australia	Antarctica	World list
Spirotrichs	45.7	39.3	40.5	25.8	40.0	30.3
Colpodids	20.0	16.4	18.2	27.4	23.0	3.0

^∗All data except data from Dongzhaigang, Hainan, China were from Foissner [34].