Oxytricha

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Spirotrichea
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Orthokaryota Cladus: Neokaryota Cladus: Photokaryota Cladus: Diaphoretickes Cladus: TSAR Cladus: Sar Cladus: Alveolata Phylum: Ciliophora Subphylum: Intramacronucleata Infraphylum: Spirotrichia Classis: Spirotrichea

Subclassis: Hypotrichia (Spirotrichea)
Familia: Oxytrichidae
Subfamilia: Oxytrichinae
Genus: Oxytricha
Species (~200): O. chongqingica – . . .

Name

Oxytricha Bory de Saint-Vincent, 1824

Synonyms:

Actinotricha Cohn, 1866

Opisthotricha Kent, 1881

Opistotricha

Oxitricha

References

• Han, H-F., Xue, X-J., Zhang, Z-S. & Shao, C. 2025. Morphology of a novel ciliate, Oxytricha chongqingica sp. nov. (Ciliophora, Hypotrichia). ZooKeys 1247: 137–149. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1247.155543 Reference page. 

Links

• Oxytricha in the World Register of Marine Species