Cryptochilum
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Cryptochilum is a genus of marine ciliates in the family Cryptochilidae.
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Cryptochilum - Illustration in Bullettino delle sedute della Accademia gioenia di scienze naturali in Catania, 1893 | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Clade: | Diaphoretickes |
Clade: | SAR |
Clade: | Alveolata |
Phylum: | Ciliophora |
Class: | Oligohymenophorea |
Order: | Philasterida |
Family: | Cryptochilidae |
Genus: | Cryptochilum Maupas, 1883[1] |
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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