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Frontonia Ehrenberg, 1838

AphiaID

179271 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:179271)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Parent

Frontoniidae Kahl, 1926

Direct children (26)

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Species Frontonia aberrans Dragesco, 1960
Species Frontonia acuminata Ehrenberg, 1833
Species Frontonia algivora Kahl, 1931
Species Frontonia arenaria Kahl, 1933
Species Frontonia atra Ehrenberg, 1833
Species Frontonia bullingtoni Dragesco, 1960
Species Frontonia caneti Dragesco, 1960
Species Frontonia didieri Long, Song, Al-Rasheid, Wang, Yi, Al-Quraishy, Lin & Al-Farraj, 2008
Species Frontonia elliptica Beardsley, 1902
Species Frontonia elongata Burkovsky, 1970
Species Frontonia frigida Petz, Song & Wilbert, 1995
Species Frontonia fusca (Quennerstedt, 1869)
Species Frontonia leucas (Ehrenberg, 1833) Ehrenberg, 1838
Species Frontonia lynni Long, Song, Gong, Hu, Ma, Zhu & Wang, 2005
Species Frontonia macrostoma Dragesco, 1960
Species Frontonia marina Fabre-Domergue, 1891
Species Frontonia maris-alba Burkovsky, 1970
Species Frontonia microstoma Kahl, 1935
Species Frontonia multinucleata Long, Song, Al-Rasheid, Wang, Yi, Al-Quraishy, Lin & Al-Farraj, 2008
Species Frontonia nigricans Penard, 1922
Species Frontonia ocularis Bullington, 1939
Species Frontonia pallida Czapik, 1979
Species Frontonia schaefferi Bullington, 1939
Species Frontonia sinica Lin, Song, Yi & Liu, 2009
Species Frontonia tchibisovae Burkovsky, 1970
Species Frontonia vacuolata Dragesco, 1960

Environment

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

Original description

Not documented

Taxonomic citation

Xu, K.; Dolan, J. (2025). World Ciliophora Database. Frontonia Ehrenberg, 1838. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=179271 on 2025-04-15

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2005-08-22 08:44:26Z

created

Appeltans, Ward

2006-09-12 06:54:36Z

changed

Martinez, Olga

2009-11-16 12:53:55Z

checked

Warren, Alan

Licensing

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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]

Other

additional source Neave, Sheffield Airey. (1939-1996). Nomenclator Zoologicus vol. 1-10 Online. <em>[Online Nomenclator Zoologicus at Checklistbank. Ubio link has gone].</em> , available online at https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/126539/about [details]