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WoRMS taxon details

Metacylis Jörgensen, 1924

AphiaID

172438 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:172438)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Parent

Metacylididae Kofoid & Campbell, 1929

Direct children (13)

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Species Metacylis annulifera (Ostenfeld & Schmidt, 1902) Kofoid & Campbell, 1929
Species Metacylis conica Kofoid & Campbell, 1929
Species Metacylis corbula Kofoid & Campbell, 1929
Species Metacylis jörgensenii (Cleve) Kofoid & Campbell, 1929
Species Metacylis mediterranea (Mereschkowsky, 1881) Jörgensen, 1924
Species Metacylis mereschkowskii Kofoid & Campbell, 1929
Species Metacylis oviformis Nie & Ch'eng, 1947
Species Metacylis sanyahensis Nie & Ch'eng, 1947
Species Metacylis tropica Duran, 1957
Species Metacylis vitreoides Kofoid & Campbell, 1929
Species Metacylis annulata (Meunier, 1910) (uncertain > nomen dubium, nature unclear may not be a tintinnid; empty 'lorica' observed; marked '?')
Species Metacylis perspicax Hada, 1938 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum, described by Hada as a variety of Metacylis corbula elevation to species status undocumented)
Species Metacylis pithos Skryabin & Al-Yamani, 2006 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum, Description based soley on lorica charactistics. )

Environment

marine, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Original description

Jörgensen, E. (1924). Mediterranean Tintinnids. Report on the Danish Oceanographical Expeditions 1908-10 2 J.3.(Biology). 1-110.
page(s): pg. 97 [details] Available for editors

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Descriptive notes

LSID urn:lsid:algaebase.org:taxname:104399

LSID urn:lsid:algaebase.org:taxname:104399 [details]

Taxonomic citation

Xu, K.; Dolan, J. (2025). World Ciliophora Database. Metacylis Jörgensen, 1924. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=172438 on 2025-04-14

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2005-07-12 10:18:48Z

created

Braeckman, Ulrike

2009-11-16 12:53:55Z

checked

Warren, Alan

Licensing

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Nomenclature

original description Jörgensen, E. (1924). Mediterranean Tintinnids. Report on the Danish Oceanographical Expeditions 1908-10 2 J.3.(Biology). 1-110.
page(s): pg. 97 [details] Available for editors

[request]

basis of record Patterson, D. (2001). Platypus checklist of Protoctista [details]

Other

additional source Kufferath, H. (1950). Recherches sur le plancton de la mer flamande (mer du Nord méridionale): 1. Quelques flagellés, protistes et "cætera". <em>Bull. K. Belg. Inst. Nat. Wet.</em> 26(29): 1-43. (look up in IMIS) [details]