Name - Frontonia Ehrenberg 1838

Life Sciences Identifier (LSID)

urn:lsid:organismnames.com:name:178561 [metadata]

Variants and Synonyms

• Frontonia

• Frontonia Ehrenberg

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Recent Publications

• On the importance of attentive reading of research articles: the case study of Frontonia (Peniculia, Oligohymenophora, Ciliophora) species descriptions and redescriptions.
• The neotypification of Frontonia vernalis (Ehrenberg, 1833) Ehrenberg, 1838 and the description of Frontonia paravernalis sp. nov. trigger a critical revision of frontoniid systematics.
• Morphology and SSU rRNA gene-based phylogeny of three peniculid ciliates (Ciliophora, Oligohymenophorea) from China, including a new Frontonia species.
• Taxonomy and molecular phylogeny of a new freshwater ciliate Frontonia apoacuminata sp. nov. (Protista, Ciliophora, Oligohymenophorea) from Qingdao, PR China.

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Sherborn Index Animalium

• Die Infusionsth., 1838 1838: 329. [Index Animalium Entry]

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