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

Omegastrombidium elegans (Florentin, 1901) Agatha, 2004

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Omegastrombidium*	Agatha, 2004	accepted genus name

Species group names

*Spirostrombidium elegans*	(Florentin, 1901) Petz, Song & Wilbert, 1995	synonym
*Strombidium elegans*	Florentin, 1901	synonym

Literature

basis of record	Agatha, S. (2011). Global Diversity of Aloricate Oligotrichea (Protista, Ciliophora, Spirotricha) in Marine and Brackish Sea Water. PLoS ONE. 6(8), e22466.
additional source	Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. China Science Press. 1267 pp.
ecology source	Laval-Peuto, M.; Rassoulzadegan, F. (1988). Autofluorescence of marine planktonic Oligotrichina and other ciliates. Hydrobiologia. 159(1): 99-110.
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).

Genbank

Citation

Xu, K.; Dolan, J. (2025). World Ciliophora Database. Omegastrombidium elegans (Florentin, 1901) Agatha, 2004. 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:427716