Ciliates – SAR-Alveolata (Ciliophora)

Observations on Pyxidiella spec.

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Pyxidiella Corliss, 1960

Most likely ID: n.a.

Basionym: n.a.

Add’l Synonyms: n.a.

Pyxidiella I. C. Cookson & A. Eisenack, 1958 described a Jurassic dinoflagellate genus, see
Riding, J. B., & Dettmann, M. E. (2014). The first Australian palynologist: Isabel Clifton Cookson (1893–1973) and her scientific work. Alcheringa: An Australasian Journal of Palaeontology, 38(1), 97-129.

For the description of the ciliate genus Pyxidiella please read here:
Corliss, J. 0. 1960. The problem of homonyms among generic names of ciliated protozoa, with proposal of several new names. J . Protozool. 7, 269-78.

Sampling date 10/2007. Scale bar indicates 50 µm.

Pyxidiella cell on an oligochaete near the bundles of chaete.

Place name: Hiddensee Bodden (Germany)
Latitude: 54.582633 Longitude: 13.115051

Microscope Zeiss Universal, camera Olympus C7070WZ.

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