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Ptychocylis Brandt

Meunier (1910, pl. 08)

AphiaID

196838 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:196838)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Parent

Ptychocylididae Kofoid & Campbell, 1929

Direct children (12)

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Species Ptychocylis acuta Brandt, 1896
Species Ptychocylis arctica Brandt, 1896
Species Ptychocylis basicurvata Meunier, 1910
Species Ptychocylis cylindrica Meunier, 1910
Species Ptychocylis drygalskii Brandt, 1896
Species Ptychocylis glacialis Meunier, 1910
Species Ptychocylis minor Jørgensen, 1900
Species Ptychocylis obtusa Brandt, 1906
Species Ptychocylis ostenfeldi Kofoid & Campbell, 1929
Species Ptychocylis urnula (Claparède & Lachmann, 1858)
Species Ptychocylis wailesi Koifoid & Campbell, 1929
Species Ptychocylis vanhöffeni Laackmann, 1907 accepted as Cymatocylis vanhoeffeni (Laackmann, 1907) Laackmann, 1910 (unaccepted > superseded combination)

Environment

marine, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Original description

Brandt, K. (1896). Die Tintinnen. <em>Bibliotheca Zoologica.</em> 20:45-72.
page(s): pg 59-60 [details]

Descriptive notes

LSID urn:lsid:algaebase.org:taxname:104524

LSID urn:lsid:algaebase.org:taxname:104524 [details]

Taxonomic citation

Xu, K.; Dolan, J. (2026). World Ciliophora Database. Ptychocylis Brandt. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=196838 on 2026-07-19

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2006-02-07 08:34:45Z

created

Appeltans, Ward

2006-09-28 06:51:36Z

changed

Martinez, Olga

2009-11-16 12:53:55Z

checked

Warren, Alan

2016-01-01 09:21:41Z

changed

Dolan, John

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Nomenclature

original description Brandt, K. (1896). Die Tintinnen. <em>Bibliotheca Zoologica.</em> 20:45-72.
page(s): pg 59-60 [details]

basis of record SAHFOS (Sir Alister Hardy Foundation for Ocean Science) - Continuous Plankton Recorder survey [details]

Other

additional source Lynn, D. H. (2003). The Ciliate Resource Archive. , available online at http://www.uoguelph.ca/~ciliates [details]

additional source Neave, S.A. (1939 - 1996). Nomenclator Zoologicus. vol. 1-10 Online., available online at https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/126539/about [details]