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

Tontonia appendiculariformis Fauré-Fremiet, 1914

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Tontonia*	Fauré-Fremiet, 1914	accepted genus name

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	Coats, D.W.; Clamp, J.C. (2009). Ciliated Protists (Ciliophora) of the Gulf of Mexico. Pp. 57-79 in D.L. Felder and D.K. Camp (eds.). Gulf of Mexico. Origin, Waters, and Biota. Volume 1, Biodiversity. Texas A&M University Press, College Station, Texas.
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	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.
ecology source	Ota, T.; Taniguchi, A. (2003). Standing crop of planktonic ciliates in the East China Sea and their potential grazing impact and contribution to nutrient regeneration. Deep Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography. 50(2): 423-442.
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	Bernard, C.; Rassoulzadegan, F. (1994). Seasonal variations of mixotrophic ciliates in the northwest Mediterranean Sea. Marine Ecology Progress Series. 108: 295-295.
ecology source	Laval-Peuto, M.; Rassoulzadegan, F. (1988). Autofluorescence of marine planktonic Oligotrichina and other ciliates. Hydrobiologia. 159(1): 99-110.
ecology source	Laval-Peuto, M.; Febvre, M. (1986). On plastid symbiosis in Tontonia appendiculariformis (Ciliophora, Oligotrichina). Biosystems. 19(2): 137-158.

Genbank

Citation

Xu, K.; Dolan, J. (2025). World Ciliophora Database. Tontonia appendiculariformis Fauré-Fremiet, 1914. 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:101345