Cryptochilum

<i>Cryptochilum</i>

Cryptochilum

Genus of single-celled organisms

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

Quick Facts Cryptochilum, Scientific classification ...

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. [1]
    Maupas, E. (1883). "Contributio a l'etude morphologique et anatomique des infusoires cilies". Arch. Zool. Exp. Gén. 11: 427–664.
  2. [2]
    Hentschel, C.C. (July 1924). "On a New Ciliate, Cryptochilum boreale nov. sp., from the Intestine of Echinus esculentus Linn., together with some Notes on the Ciliates of Echinoids". Parasitology. 16 (3): 321–8. doi:10.1017/S0031182000020187. S2CID 84573864.


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