Staurojoenina, a conspicuous hypermastigote protist (undocumented in a
ny Neotermes) and other hindgut symbionts are reported for the first t
ime in Neotermes nr. jouteli, a dry-wood-eating termite (Kalotermitida
e), from the red mangroves at the northeast corner of San Salvador Isl
and. Other distinctive protists (Macrotrichomonas, Metadevescovina, tw
o morphotypes of small trichomonads) and bacteria (Arthromitus-type fi
lamentous spore-formers) symbionts were also found in this termite. Th
is Staurojoenina sp. replete with epibiotic bacterial symbionts is not
distinguished from previously described species of Staurojoenina.