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Metanophrys similis Song, Shang, Chen & Ma, 2002

AphiaID

387943 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:387943)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Metanophrys de Puytorac, Grolière, Roque & Detcheva, 1974

Original name

Metanophrys similis Song, Shang, Chen & Ma, 2002

Environment

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

Original description

Song, Shang, Chen & Ma. 2002. Comparison of some closely-related Metanophrys-taxa with description of a new species Metanophrys similis nov. spec. (Ciliophora, Scuticociliatida). European Journal of Protistology 38 (1): 45-53, available online at https://doi.org/10.1078/0932-4739-00848 [details]

Taxonomic citation

Xu, K.; Dolan, J. (2026). World Ciliophora Database. Metanophrys similis Song, Shang, Chen & Ma, 2002. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=387943 on 2026-09-25

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2009-04-03 07:35:23Z

created

db_admin

2009-11-16 12:53:55Z

checked

Warren, Alan

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Nomenclature

original description Song, Shang, Chen & Ma. 2002. Comparison of some closely-related Metanophrys-taxa with description of a new species Metanophrys similis nov. spec. (Ciliophora, Scuticociliatida). European Journal of Protistology 38 (1): 45-53, available online at https://doi.org/10.1078/0932-4739-00848 [details]

Other

additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). [Checklist of marine biota of China seas]. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors

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Definitions

To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Metanophrys similis)
To GenBank (2 nucleotides; 0 proteins)

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