Biology:Tokophrya

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Tokophrya is a genus of suctorians. An example is Tokophrya lemnarum.[1] The genus used to belong to the family Dendrosomatidae,[2] but now it belongs to its own family, the family Tokophryidae Jankowksi in Small & Lynn, 1985.[3]

Species

As of 9 December 2024, ITIS listed only two species of this genus:

  • Tokophrya cyclopum[2]
  • Tokophrya infusionum[2]
  • Tokophrya lemnarum[1]
  • Tokophrya quadripartita

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 "Trichopodiella faurei n. sp. (Ciliophora, Phyllopharyngea, Cyrtophoria): morphological description and phylogenetic analyses based on SSU rRNA and group I intron sequences". J. Eukaryot. Microbiol. 55 (6): 492–500. 2008. doi:10.1111/j.1550-7408.2008.00350.x. PMID 19120794. 
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 "Tokophrya". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=46540. 
  3. Warren, Alan; Kihara, Terue Cristina (2009-11-16). "Tokophrya Bütschli, 1889". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=425611. 

Wikidata ☰ Q7813674 entry