Taxonomy
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- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- Kingdom:
Protozoa
(
)
- (Goldfuss, 1818) R. Owen, 1858
- Protozoa
- Subkingdom:
Biciliata
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)
- Infrakingdom:
Alveolata
(
)
- Cavalier-Smith, 1991
- Phylum:
Ciliophora
(
)
- (Doflein, 1901) Copeland, 1956
- Ciliates
- Subphylum:
Intramacronucleata
(
)
- Lynn, 1996
- Class:
Spirotrichea
(
)
- Bütschli, 1889
- Subclass:
Hypotrichia
(
)
- Stein, 1859
- Order:
Euplotida
(
)
- Small & Lynn, 1985
- Suborder:
Euplotina
(
)
- Small & Lynn, 1985
- Family:
Aspidiscidae
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)
- Ehrenberg, 1838
- Genus:
Aspidisca
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)
- Specific descriptor:
polypoda
- (Dujardin) Kahl, 1932
- Scientific name: - Aspidisca polypoda (Dujardin) Kahl, 1932
- Specific descriptor:
polypoda
- (Dujardin) Kahl, 1932
- Genus:
Aspidisca
(
- Family:
Aspidiscidae
(
- Suborder:
Euplotina
(
- Order:
Euplotida
(
- Subclass:
Hypotrichia
(
- Class:
Spirotrichea
(
- Subphylum:
Intramacronucleata
(
- Phylum:
Ciliophora
(
- Infrakingdom:
Alveolata
(
- Subkingdom:
Biciliata
(
- Kingdom:
Protozoa
(
Similar Species
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Members of the genus Aspidisca
There are approximately 21 species in this genus:
A. aculeata · A. antarctica · A. cicada · A. costata · A. crenata · A. dentata · A. fusca · A. herbicola · A. hexenes · A. hyalina · A. lynceus · A. major · A. marsupialis · A. polypoda · A. polystyla · A. pulcherrima · A. quadrilineata (Buchanan's Bluetail Mullet) · A. sedigita · A. sulcata · A. terranovae · A. turrita
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Notes
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Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 5330089
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 17887133
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 2390865
