Cryptochilum

Cryptochilum is a genus of marine ciliates in the family Cryptochilidae.

Cryptochilum
Cryptochilum - Illustration in Bullettino delle sedute della Accademia gioenia di scienze naturali in Catania, 1893
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Clade: Diaphoretickes
Clade: SAR
Clade: Alveolata
Phylum: Ciliophora
Class: Oligohymenophorea
Order: Philasterida
Family: Cryptochilidae
Genus: Cryptochilum
Maupas, 1883
Species
  • Cryptochilum boreale Hentschel, 1924
  • Cryptochilum echini Cuenot, 1912
  • Cryptochilum reniforme Petz, Song & Wilbert, 1995

Cryptochilum boreale has been recovered from the intestine of Echinus esculentus.

Names brought to synonymy
  • Cryptochilum elegans Maupas, 1883, a synonym for Uronema elegans (Maupas, 1883) Hamburger & Buddenbrock, 1911
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