Higher Classification: > Kingdom Chromista > Subkingdom Harosa > Infrakingdom Alveolata > Phylum Ciliophora > Subphylum Intramacronucleata > Infraphylum Intramacronucleata incertae sedis > Order Armophorida > Family Metopidae > Genus Metopus

Metopus contortus (Quennerstedt, 1867)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

MetopusClaparède & Lachmann, 1858accepted genus name

Literature

basis of record

Hayward, P.J.; Ryland, J.S. (Ed.) (1990). The marine fauna of the British Isles and North-West Europe: 1. Introduction and protozoans to arthropods. Clarendon Press: Oxford, UK. ISBN 0-19-857356-1. 627 pp.

additional source

Coats, D. W. and J. C. Clamp. 2009. Ciliated Protists (Ciliophora) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 57–79 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas.

Genbank

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Taxonomy

WoRMS

External Links

Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications)
GenBank (3 nucleotides; 1 proteins)
GBIF

Citation

Warren, A. (2014). Metopus contortus (Quennerstedt, 1867). In: Warren, A. (2014) World Ciliophora Database. In: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2014) European Register of Marine Species, accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:172642

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Occurrence

 Present  Absent  Doubtful  Native  Introduced  Naturalised  Invasive  Managed  No data

Environment


marine, not brackish, not fresh, not terrestrial

Importance

no data

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Last modified

2009-11-16 by Alan Warren

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