Higher Classification: > Kingdom Chromista > Subkingdom Harosa > Infrakingdom Alveolata > Phylum Ciliophora > Subphylum Intramacronucleata > Class Oligotrichea > Subclass Oligotrichia > Order Choreotrichida > Suborder Tintinnina > Family Codonellopsidae > Genus Stenosemella

Stenosemella nivalis (Meunier, 1910)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Stenosemella*	Jörgensen	accepted genus name

Species group names

*Tintinnopsis nivalis*	Meunier, 1910	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Japanese: カメガタカラムシ

Literature

basis of record	Species composition of meso- and macrozooplankton of the Black Sea
additional source	Hada, Y. (1932). Report of the biological survey of Mutsu Bay. 24. The pelagic Ciliata, suborder Tintinnoinea. Science Reports of the Tohoku Imperial University, Fourth Series, Biology. 7(4): 553-573.
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	Foissner, W.; Charleston, W.A.G.; Kreutz, M.; Gordon, D.P. (2012). Phylum Ciliophora: ciliates, in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2012). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 3. Kingdoms Bacteria, Protozoa, Chromista, Plantae, Fungi. pp. 217-232.
additional source	Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. China Science Press. 1267 pp.
new combination reference	Kofoid & Campbell. (1929). A conspectus of the marine and freshwater ciliata belonging to the suborder Tintinnoinea, with descriptions of new species principally from the Agassiz Expedition to the Eastern Tropical Pacific 1904-1905.

Genbank

Citation

Xu, K.; Dolan, J. (2025). World Ciliophora Database. Stenosemella nivalis (Meunier, 1910). 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:247942