Cryptochilum

Cryptochilum is a genus of marine ciliates in the family Cryptochilidae.

Cryptochilum
Cryptochilum - Illustration in Bullettino delle sedute della Accademia gioenia di scienze naturali in Catania, 1893
Scientific classification
Domain:
Eukaryota
(unranked):
SAR
(unranked):
Alveolata
Phylum:
Ciliophora
Class:
Oligohymenophorea
Subclass:
Scuticociliatia
Order:
Philasterida
Family:
Cryptochilidae
Genus:
Cryptochilum

Maupas, 1883[1]
Species
  • Cryptochilum boreale Hentschel, 1924
  • Cryptochilum echini Cuenot, 1912
  • Cryptochilum reniforme Petz, Song & Wilbert, 1995

Cryptochilum boreale has been recovered from the intestine of Echinus esculentus.[2]

Names brought to synonymy
  • Cryptochilum elegans Maupas, 1883, a synonym for Uronema elegans (Maupas, 1883) Hamburger & Buddenbrock, 1911

References
  1. Contribution à l'étude morphologique et anatomique des infusoires ciliés. E Maupas, Arch. Zool. exp. gén, 1883
  2. On a New Ciliate, Cryptochilum boreale nov. sp., from the Intestine of Echinus esculentus Linn., together with some Notes on the Ciliates of Echinoids. C. C. Hentschel, Parasitology, Volume 16, Issue 3, July 1924, pages 321-328, doi:10.1017/S0031182000020187


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