Higher Classification: > Kingdom Protozoa > Subkingdom Sarcomastigota > Phylum Choanozoa > Subphylum Choanofila > Class Choanoflagellatea > Order Acanthoecida > Family Stephanoecidae > Genus Bicosta

Bicosta antennigera Moestrup, 1979

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Bicosta*	Leadbeater, 1978	accepted genus name

Literature

original description	Moestrup, Ø. (1979). Identification by electron microscopy of marine nanoplankton from New Zealand, including the description of four new species. New Zealand Journal of Botany. 17(1): 61-95.
basis of record	Brandt, S. (2001). Choanoflagellates, 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. 57-59
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.
additional source	Gordon, D.P. (2012). Phylum Choanozoa: collar flagellates, nucleariids, and kin, in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2012). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 3. Kingdoms Bacteria, Protozoa, Chromista, Plantae, Fungi. pp. 109-113.
additional source	Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. (2025). AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. searched on YYYY-MM-DD.

Genbank

Taxonomy

Published in AlgaeBase

Citation

Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. (2025). AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway (taxonomic information republished from AlgaeBase with permission of M.D. Guiry). Bicosta antennigera Moestrup, 1979. 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:105556