Tokophrya

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Tokophrya
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Scientific classification
Domain:
Eukaryota
(unranked):
SAR
(unranked):
Alveolata
Phylum:
Ciliophora
Class:
Phyllopharyngea
Subclass:
Suctoria
Order:
Endogenida
Family:
Acinetidae
Genus:
Tokophrya
Species

Tokophrya lemnarum

Tokophrya is a genus of suctorians. An example is Tokophrya lemnarum. [1] The genus used to belong to the family Dendrosomatidae, [2] but now it belongs to its own family, the family Tokophryidae Jankowksi in Small & Lynn, 1985. [3]

Species

As of 9 December 2024, ITIS listed only two species of this genus:

References

  1. 1 2 Gong J, Gao S, Roberts DM, Al-Rasheid KA, Song W (2008). "Trichopodiella faurei n. sp. (Ciliophora, Phyllopharyngea, Cyrtophoria): morphological description and phylogenetic analyses based on SSU rRNA and group I intron sequences". J. Eukaryot. Microbiol. 55 (6): 492–500. doi:10.1111/j.1550-7408.2008.00350.x. PMID   19120794. S2CID   12563937.
  2. 1 2 3 "Tokophrya". Integrated Taxonomic Information System . Retrieved 2024-12-09.
  3. ↑ Warren, Alan; Kihara, Terue Cristina (2009-11-16). "Tokophrya Bütschli, 1889". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species . Retrieved 2024-12-08.


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