Tokophrya

Tokophrya
Scientific classification
(unranked):	SAR
(unranked):	Alveolata
Phylum:	Ciliophora
Class:	Phyllopharyngea
Subclass:	Suctoria
Order:	Endogenida
Family:	Acinetidae
Genus:	Tokophrya
Species
	Tokophrya lemnarum

Tokophrya is a genus of suctorians. An example is Tokophrya lemnarum.^[1] The genus used to belong to the family Dendrosomatidae,^[2] but now it belongs to its own family, the family Tokophryidae Jankowksi in Small & Lynn, 1985.^[3]

Species

As of 9 December 2024^[update], ITIS listed only two species of this genus:

References

^ ^a ^b Gong J, Gao S, Roberts DM, Al-Rasheid KA, Song W (2008). "Trichopodiella faurei n. sp. (Ciliophora, Phyllopharyngea, Cyrtophoria): morphological description and phylogenetic analyses based on SSU rRNA and group I intron sequences". J. Eukaryot. Microbiol. 55 (6): 492–500. doi:10.1111/j.1550-7408.2008.00350.x. PMID 19120794. S2CID 12563937.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Tokophrya". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2024-12-09.
^ Warren, Alan; Kihara, Terue Cristina (2009-11-16). "Tokophrya Bütschli, 1889". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 2024-12-08.

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[pmid19120794-1] Gong J, Gao S, Roberts DM, Al-Rasheid KA, Song W (2008). "Trichopodiella faurei n. sp. (Ciliophora, Phyllopharyngea, Cyrtophoria): morphological description and phylogenetic analyses based on SSU rRNA and group I intron sequences". J. Eukaryot. Microbiol. 55 (6): 492–500. doi:10.1111/j.1550-7408.2008.00350.x. PMID 19120794. S2CID 12563937.

[ITIS-2] "Tokophrya". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2024-12-09.

[WoRMS_425611-3] Warren, Alan; Kihara, Terue Cristina (2009-11-16). "Tokophrya Bütschli, 1889". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 2024-12-08.

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