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Cyrtohymena Foissner, 1989

AphiaID

425654 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:425654)

Classification

Status

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Genus

Parent

Oxytrichinae Ehrenberg, 1838

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Species Cyrtohymena aestuarii (Margalef López, 1945) Berger, 1999
Species Cyrtohymena marina (Kahl, 1932) Foissner, 1989
Species Cyrtohymena inquieta (Stokes, 1887) Foissner, 1989 accepted as Rigidohymena inquieta (Stokes, 1887) Berger, 2011

Environment

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

Original description

Not documented

Taxonomic citation

Xu, K.; Dolan, J. (2026). World Ciliophora Database. Cyrtohymena Foissner, 1989. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=425654 on 2026-09-05

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2009-10-22 10:31:50Z

created

Kihara, Terue Cristina

2009-11-16 12:53:55Z

checked

Warren, Alan

2015-11-26 07:51:14Z

changed

Decock, Wim

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Nomenclature

basis of record Berger, H. (1999). Monograph of the Oxytrichidae (Ciliophora, Hypotrichia). <em>Monographiae Biologicae.</em> volume 78., available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-4637-1 [details] Available for editors

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