Higher Classification: > Kingdom Chromista > Subkingdom Harosa > Infrakingdom Alveolata > Phylum Ciliophora > Subphylum Intramacronucleata > Class Oligotrichea > Subclass Oligotrichia > Order Oligotrichida > Family Tontoniidae > Genus Laboea

Laboea strobila Lohmann, 1908

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Laboea*	Lohmann, 1908	accepted genus name
*Conocylis*	Meunier, 1910	synonym

Species group names

*Conocylis helix*	Meunier, 1910	synonym
*Strombidium strobilum*	(Lohmann, 1908) Wulff, 1919	synonym
*Strombidium strobilus*	(Lohmann, 1908) Wulff, 1919	synonym

Literature

basis of record	Agatha, S. (2001). Ciliates - aloricate oligotrichs, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 42-44
additional source	Coats, D.W.; Clamp, J.C. (2009). Ciliated Protists (Ciliophora) of the Gulf of Mexico. Pp. 57-79 in D.L. Felder and D.K. Camp (eds.). Gulf of Mexico. Origin, Waters, and Biota. Volume 1, Biodiversity. Texas A&M University Press, College Station, Texas.
additional source	Agatha, S. (2011). Global Diversity of Aloricate Oligotrichea (Protista, Ciliophora, Spirotricha) in Marine and Brackish Sea Water. PLoS ONE. 6(8), e22466.
additional source	Scott, F.J.; Marchant, H.J. (Ed.). (2005). Antarctic marine protists. Australian Biological Resources Study: Canberra. ISBN 0-642-56835-9. 563 pp.
ecology source	Laval-Peuto, M.; Rassoulzadegan, F. (1988). Autofluorescence of marine planktonic Oligotrichina and other ciliates. Hydrobiologia. 159(1): 99-110.
ecology source	Putt, M. (1990). Metabolism of photosynthate in the chloroplast-retaining ciliate Laboea strobila. Marine ecology progress series. 60(3): 271-282.
ecology source	McManus, G.B.; Fuhrman, J.A. (1986). Photosynthetic pigments in the ciliate Laboea strobila from Long Island Sound, USA. Journal of plankton research. 8(2): 317-327.
ecology source	Johnson, M. D.; Beaudoin, D. J. (2019). The genetic diversity of plastids associated with mixotrophic oligotrich ciliates. Limnology and Oceanography. 64(5): 2187-2201.
ecology source	Stoecker, D.K.; Michaels, A.E.; Davis, L.H. (1987). Large proportion of marine planktonic ciliates found to contain functional chloroplasts. Nature. 326(6115): 790-792.
ecology source	Leles, S. G.; Mitra, A.; Flynn, K. J.; Stoecker, D. K.; Hansen, P. J.; Calbet, A.; McManus, G. B.; Sanders, R. W.; Caron, D. A.; Not, F.; Hallegraeff, G. M.; Pitta, P.; Raven, J. A.; Johnson, M. D.; Glibert, P. M.; Våge, S. (2017). Oceanic protists with different forms of acquired phototrophy display contrasting biogeographies and abundance. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences. 284(1860): 20170664.
ecology source	Ota, T.; Taniguchi, A. (2003). Standing crop of planktonic ciliates in the East China Sea and their potential grazing impact and contribution to nutrient regeneration. Deep Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography. 50(2): 423-442.
ecology source	Mitra, A.; Caron, D. A.; Faure, E.; Flynn, K. J.; Leles, S. G.; Hansen, P. J.; McManus, G. B.; Not, F.; Do Rosario Gomes, H.; Santoferrara, L. F.; Stoecker, D. K.; Tillmann, U. (2023). The Mixoplankton Database (MDB): Diversity of photo‐phago‐trophic plankton in form, function, and distribution across the global ocean. Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology. 70(4).
ecology source	Stoecker, D.K.; Silver, M.W.; Michaels, A.E.; Davis, L.H. (1988). Obligate mixotrophy in Laboea strobila, a ciliate which retains chloroplasts. Marine Biology. 99(3): 415-423.

Genbank

Citation

Xu, K.; Dolan, J. (2025). World Ciliophora Database. Laboea strobila Lohmann, 1908. Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:101264