Higher Classification: > Kingdom Chromista > Subkingdom Harosa > Infrakingdom Alveolata > Phylum Ciliophora > Subphylum Intramacronucleata > Class Oligotrichea > Subclass Oligotrichia > Order Oligotrichida > Family Strombidiidae > Genus Strombidium

Strombidium purpureum Kahl, 1932

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Strombidium*	Claparède & Lachmann, 1859	accepted genus name
*Clypeolum*	Gourret & Roeser, 1888	synonym
*Torquatella*	Lankester, 1874	synonym
*Woodania*	Leegaard, 1915	synonym

Literature

basis of record	Agatha, S. (2001). Ciliates - aloricate oligotrichs, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 42-44
additional source	Agatha, S. (2011). Global Diversity of Aloricate Oligotrichea (Protista, Ciliophora, Spirotricha) in Marine and Brackish Sea Water. PLoS ONE. 6(8), e22466.
ecology source	Fenchel, T.; Bernard, C. (1993). A purple protist. Nature. 362(6418): 300-300.
ecology source	Fenchel, T.; Bernard, C. (1993). Endosymbiotic purple non-sulphur bacteria in an anaerobic ciliated protozoon. FEMS Microbiology Letters. 110(1): 21-25.
ecology source	Mitra, A.; Caron, D. A.; Faure, E.; Flynn, K. J.; Leles, S. G.; Hansen, P. J.; McManus, G. B.; Not, F.; Do Rosario Gomes, H.; Santoferrara, L. F.; Stoecker, D. K.; Tillmann, U. (2023). The Mixoplankton Database (MDB): Diversity of photo‐phago‐trophic plankton in form, function, and distribution across the global ocean. Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology. 70(4).
ecology source	Leles, S. G.; Mitra, A.; Flynn, K. J.; Stoecker, D. K.; Hansen, P. J.; Calbet, A.; McManus, G. B.; Sanders, R. W.; Caron, D. A.; Not, F.; Hallegraeff, G. M.; Pitta, P.; Raven, J. A.; Johnson, M. D.; Glibert, P. M.; Våge, S. (2017). Oceanic protists with different forms of acquired phototrophy display contrasting biogeographies and abundance. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences. 284(1860): 20170664.

Genbank

Citation

Xu, K.; Dolan, J. (2025). World Ciliophora Database. Strombidium purpureum Kahl, 1932. Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:101324