WoRMS name details
Craterella Kofoid & Campbell, 1929
425708 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:425708)
unaccepted (synonym)
Genus
- Species Craterella atlantica Busch, 1948 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum, not reported since description)
- Species Craterella pacifica Busch, 1948 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum, not reported since description)
- Species Craterella acuta Kofoid & Campbell, 1929 accepted as Ascampbelliella acuta (Kofoid & Campbell, 1929)
- Species Craterella aperta Marshall accepted as Niemarshallia aperta (Marshall, 1934) Corliss, 1960 (unaccepted > superseded combination, Synonym)
- Species Craterella armilla Kofoid & Campbell, 1929 accepted as Ascampbelliella armilla (Kofoid & Campbell, 1929) (Synonym)
- Species Craterella protuberans Kofoid & Campbell, 1929 accepted as Ascampbelliella protuberans (Kofoid & Campbell, 1929)
- Species Craterella retusa Hada, 1935 accepted as Ascampbelliella retusa (Hada, 1935) (Synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Kofoid & Campbell. (1929). A conspectus of the marine and freshwater ciliata belonging to the suborder Tintinnoinea, with descriptions of new species principally from the Agassiz Expedition to the Eastern Tropical Pacific 1904-1905. , available online at http://aquaparadox.obs-vlfr.fr/html/PFD/Taxonomic%20Monographs/k&c1929.pdf [details] Available for editors 
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Xu, K.; Dolan, J. (2026). World Ciliophora Database. Craterella Kofoid & Campbell, 1929. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=425708 on 2026-04-13
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Nomenclature
original description
Kofoid & Campbell. (1929). A conspectus of the marine and freshwater ciliata belonging to the suborder Tintinnoinea, with descriptions of new species principally from the Agassiz Expedition to the Eastern Tropical Pacific 1904-1905. , available online at http://aquaparadox.obs-vlfr.fr/html/PFD/Taxonomic%20Monographs/k&c1929.pdf [details] Available for editors [request]
basis of record Corliss, J. O. (1960). The Problem of Homonyms among Generic Names of Ciliated Protozoa, with Proposal of Several New Names. <em>J. Protozool.</em> 7: 269-278., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1550-7408.1960.tb00741.x [details] Available for editors [request]
[request]basis of record Corliss, J. O. (1960). The Problem of Homonyms among Generic Names of Ciliated Protozoa, with Proposal of Several New Names. <em>J. Protozool.</em> 7: 269-278., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1550-7408.1960.tb00741.x [details] Available for editors
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Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
