First record of Ebria tripartita (Schumann) Lemmermann, 1899 from south of the Caspian Sea

Ebria tripartita (Schumann) Lemmermann, 1899, a non-photosynthetic flagellate was identified from the southern coast of the Caspian Sea in December 2012. Water temperature at the sampling time was 10 ºC. The abundance of total phytoplankton cells was 3 × 106 Cells.l-1, while E. tripartita with 2 × 10 3 Cells. l-1 included 0.75% of phytoplankton community. Water quality parameters were recorded when species was observed. The average concentration of nitrate, phosphate and silicate were 0.7, 0.1 and 1.8 mg.l-1 respectively.