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

Paratontonia gracillima (Fauré-Fremiet, 1924) Jankowski, 1978

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Paratontonia*	Jankowski, 1978	accepted genus name

Species group names

*Strombidium gracillimum*	(Fauré-Fremiet, 1924) Alekperov & Mamajeva, 1992	synonym
*Tontonia gracillima*	Fauré-Fremiet, 1924	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	Agatha, S. (2011). Global Diversity of Aloricate Oligotrichea (Protista, Ciliophora, Spirotricha) in Marine and Brackish Sea Water. PLoS ONE. 6(8), e22466.
ecology source	Laval-Peuto, M.; Rassoulzadegan, F. (1988). Autofluorescence of marine planktonic Oligotrichina and other ciliates. Hydrobiologia. 159(1): 99-110.
ecology source	Pitta, P.; Giannakourou, A. (2000). Planktonic ciliates in the oligotrophic Eastern Mediterranean: vertical, spatial distribution and mixotrophy. Marine Ecology Progress Series. 194: 269-282.
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	Bernard, C.; Rassoulzadegan, F. (1994). Seasonal variations of mixotrophic ciliates in the northwest Mediterranean Sea. Marine Ecology Progress Series. 108: 295-295.
ecology source	Dolan, J.R.; Marrasé, C. (1995). Planktonic ciliate distribution relative to a deep chlorophyll maximum: Catalan Sea, NW Mediterranean, June 1993. Deep Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers. 42(11-12): 1965-1987.
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.

Genbank

Citation

Xu, K.; Dolan, J. (2025). World Ciliophora Database. Paratontonia gracillima (Fauré-Fremiet, 1924) Jankowski, 1978. 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:101268