Name - Tunicothrix

Life Sciences Identifier (LSID)

urn:lsid:organismnames.com:name:4447663 [metadata]

Variants and Synonyms

• Tunicothrix Xu, Lei & Choi 2006

• Tunicothrix Xu et al. 2006

Reported Taxonomic Ranks

Genus

Reported Taxonomic Hierarchies

Recent Publications

• Phylogenetic positions and taxonomic assignments of the systematically controversial genera, Spirotrachelostyla, Uroleptopsis and Tunicothrix (Protozoa, Ciliophora, Stichotrichia) based on small subunit rRNA gene sequences.
• Taxonomy and phylogeny of Tunicothrix (Ciliophora, Stichotrichia), with the description of two novel species, Tunicothrix brachysticha n. sp and Tunicothrix multinucleata n. sp., and the establishment of Parabirojimidae n. fam.
• Characterization of two urostylid ciliates, Metaurostylopsis flavicana spec. nov. and Tunicothrix wilberti (Lin & Song, 2004) Xu et al., 2006 (Ciliophora, Stichotrichia), from a mangrove nature protection area in China.

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