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

Dictyocysta Ehrenberg, 1854

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Children

Dictyocysta elegans Ehrenberg, 1854
Dictyocysta lepida Ehrenberg, 1854

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Japanese: マドカラムシ属

Literature

original description	Ehrenberg, C.G. (1854). Die systematische Charakteristik der neuen mikroskopischen Organismen des tiefen atlantischen Oceans für den Monatsbericht zum Druck zu übergeben, deren Verzeichnifs in Monat Februar bereits mitgetheilt worden ist. Nova genera maris profundi. Bericht über die zur Bekanntmachung geeigneten Verhandlungen der Königlich-Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin. 1854: 236-250.
basis of record	SAHFOS (Sir Alister Hardy Foundation for Ocean Science) - Continuous Plankton Recorder survey
additional source	Parker, S.P. (Ed.) (1982). Synopsis and classification of living organisms. McGraw Hill Book Company: New York, NY (USA). ISBN 0-07-079031-0. 1166, 1232 pp.
additional source	Neave, Sheffield Airey. (1939-1996). Nomenclator Zoologicus vol. 1-10 Online. [Online Nomenclator Zoologicus at Checklistbank. Ubio link has gone].

Genbank

Taxonomy

Published in AlgaeBase

Citation

Xu, K.; Dolan, J. (2025). World Ciliophora Database. Dictyocysta Ehrenberg, 1854. 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:196834