Tintinnidium Kent, 1881
Publication details: Kent, 1881: 611
Original publication: Kent, W.S. (1881). A manual of the Infusoria: including a description of all known flagellate, ciliate and tentaculiferous Protozoa, British and foreign, and an account of the organisation and affinities of the sponges. Vol. 2(5) pp. 576-914, 11 figures, plates 33-40. London: D. Bogue.
Request PDFType designated in: Melville, R.V. & China, W.E. (1970). Opinion 926. Tintinnidium Kent, 1881, and Leprotintinnus Jörgensen, 1900 (Ciliophora): designation of type species under the plenary powers. Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 27(2): 89-90.
The most recent alteration to this page was made on 2025-04-16 by E.A. Molinari Novoa.
Taxonomic status: This name is of an entity that is currently accepted taxonomically.
Gender: This genus name is currently treated as neuter.
Most recent taxonomic treatment adopted: Lim, A.S., Jeong, H.J., Seong, K.A., Lee, M.J., Kang, N.S., Jang, S.H., Lee, K.H., Park, J.Y., Jang, T.Y. & Yoo, Y.D. (2017). Ichthyotoxic Cochlodinium polykrikoides red tides offshore in the South Sea, Korea in 2014: II. Heterotrophic protists and their grazing impacts on red-tide organisms. Algae. An International Journal of Algal Research 32(3): 199-222.
Taxonomic note
Tintinnid ciliate. - (08 February 2018) - G.M. Guiry
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E.A. Molinari Novoa in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 16 April 2025. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 27 May 2025
