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WoRMS taxon details

Vorticellidae Ehrenberg, 1838

AphiaID

163172 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:163172)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Family

Parent

Sessilida

Direct children (7)

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Genus Carchesium Ehrenberg, 1831
Genus Epicarchesium Jankowski, 1985
Genus Intranstylum Fauré-Fremiet, 1904
Genus Planeticovorticella Clamp & Coats, 2000
Genus Pseudocarchesium Sommer, 1951
Genus Pseudovorticella Foissner & Schiffmann, 1975
Genus Vorticella Linnaeus, 1767

Environment

marine, brackish, fresh, ~~terrestrial~~

Original description

Not documented

Taxonomic citation

Xu, K.; Dolan, J. (2025). World Ciliophora Database. Vorticellidae Ehrenberg, 1838. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=163172 on 2025-04-08

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2005-07-05 09:59:09Z

created

Braeckman, Ulrike

2009-10-21 08:05:26Z

changed

Kihara, Terue Cristina

2009-11-16 12:53:55Z

checked

Warren, Alan

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Nomenclature

basis of record Parker, S.P. (Ed.) (1982). Synopsis and classification of living organisms. McGraw Hill Book Company: New York, NY (USA). ISBN 0-07-079031-0. 1166, 1232 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]