Biology
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Taxonomy
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- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- Kingdom:
Protozoa
(
)
- (goldfuss, 1818) r. owen, 1858
- Protozoa
- Subkingdom:
biciliata
(
)
- Infrakingdom:
Alveolata
(
)
- Cavalier-Smith, 1991
- Phylum:
Ciliophora
(
)
- (doflein, 1901) copeland, 1956
- Ciliates
- Subphylum:
intramacronucleata
(
)
- lynn, 1996
- Class:
Kinetofragminophora
(
)
- small & lynn, 1981
- Subclass:
Haptoria
(
)
- Corliss, 1974
- Order:
Pleurostomatida
(
)
- schewiakoff, 1896
- Family:
Amphileptidae
(
)
- Genus:
Litonotus
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)
- Specific descriptor:
antarcticus
- Song & Wilbert, 2002
- Scientific name: - Litonotus antarcticus Song & Wilbert, 2002
- Specific descriptor:
antarcticus
- Song & Wilbert, 2002
- Genus:
Litonotus
(
- Family:
Amphileptidae
(
- Order:
Pleurostomatida
(
- Subclass:
Haptoria
(
- Class:
Kinetofragminophora
(
- Subphylum:
intramacronucleata
(
- Phylum:
Ciliophora
(
- Infrakingdom:
Alveolata
(
- Subkingdom:
biciliata
(
- Kingdom:
Protozoa
(
Similar Species
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Members of the genus Litonotus
There are approximately 12 species in this genus:
L. anguilla · L. antarcticus · L. armillatus · L. crystallinus · L. cygnus · L. emmerichi (Scaly Minnow) · L. fasciola · L. kopimorphus (American Brook Lamprey) · L. lamella · L. trichocystis · L. triqueter · L. vesiculosus
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Notes
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Data Sources
Accessed through GBIF Data Portal March 19, 2008:
- GBIF-Sweden: Fishes (NRM)
- Museum national d'histoire naturelle: Ichtyologie
- Royal Ontario Museum: Fish specimens
- Senckenberg: Collection Pisces
Identifiers
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 17887244
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 2395469
