Higher Classification: > Kingdom Chromista > Subkingdom Harosa > Infrakingdom Alveolata > Phylum Ciliophora > Subphylum Intramacronucleata > Class Oligotrichea > Subclass Oligotrichia > Order Choreotrichida > Suborder Tintinnina > Family Metacylididae > Genus Helicostomella

Helicostomella kiliensis (Laackmann, 1908)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Helicostomella*	Jörgensen, 1924	accepted genus name

Species group names

*Tintinnus subulata var. kiliensis*	Laackmann, 1908	synonym

Literature

basis of record	Kufferath, H. (1950). Recherches sur le plancton de la mer flamande (mer du Nord méridionale): 1. Quelques flagellés, protistes et "cætera". Bull. K. Belg. Inst. Nat. Wet. 26(29): 1-43.
additional source	Foissner, W.; Charleston, W.A.G.; Kreutz, M.; Gordon, D.P. (2012). Phylum Ciliophora: ciliates, in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2012). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 3. Kingdoms Bacteria, Protozoa, Chromista, Plantae, Fungi. pp. 217-232.
new combination reference	Kofoid & Campbell. (1929). A conspectus of the marine and freshwater ciliata belonging to the suborder Tintinnoinea, with descriptions of new species principally from the Agassiz Expedition to the Eastern Tropical Pacific 1904-1905.

Genbank

Citation

Xu, K.; Dolan, J. (2025). World Ciliophora Database. Helicostomella kiliensis (Laackmann, 1908). 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:172435