Higher Classification: > Kingdom Chromista > Subkingdom Harosa > Infrakingdom Alveolata > Phylum Ciliophora > Subphylum Intramacronucleata > Infraphylum Rhabdophora > Class Litostomatea > Subclass Haptoria > Order Cyclotrichiida > Family Mesodiniidae > Genus Mesodinium

Mesodinium pulex Claparède & Lachmann, 1858

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Mesodinium*	von Stein	accepted 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.
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.

Genbank

Taxonomy

WoRMS

External Links

GenBank (4 nucleotides; 0 proteins)
Biodiversity Heritage Library (40 publications)
GBIF

Citation

Warren, A. (2014). Mesodinium pulex Claparède & Lachmann, 1858. 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:179321