Higher Classification: > Kingdom Chromista > Subkingdom Harosa > Infrakingdom Alveolata > Phylum Ciliophora > Subphylum Intramacronucleata > Infraphylum Rhabdophora > Class Litostomatea > Subclass Haptoria > Order Cyclotrichiida > Family Mesodiniidae > Genus Mesodinium

Mesodinium pulex Claparède & Lachmann, 1858

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Mesodinium*	von Stein	accepted genus name
*Myrionecta*	Jankowski, 1976	synonym

Literature

basis of record	Hayward, P.J. & J.S. Ryland (Eds.). (1990). The marine fauna of the British Isles and North-West Europe: 1. Introduction and protozoans to arthropods. Clarendon Press: Oxford, UK. 627 pp.
additional source	Scott, F.J.; Marchant, H.J. (Ed.). (2005). Antarctic marine protists. Australian Biological Resources Study: Canberra. ISBN 0-642-56835-9. 563 pp.
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	Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. China Science Press. 1267 pp.

Genbank

Citation

Xu, K.; Dolan, J. (2025). World Ciliophora Database. Mesodinium pulex Claparède & Lachmann, 1858. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=179321