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

Parafavella Kofoid & Campbell, 1929

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Children

Parafavella denticulata (Ehrenberg, 1840)
Parafavella gigantea (Brandt), Kofoid & Campbell, 1929
Parafavella obtusangula (Ostenfeld, 1899)

Vernaculars (+) (-)

 Japanese: カゴメカラムシ属

Literature

original description

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.

taxonomy source

Jung J.-H., Moon J., Park K.-M., Kim S., Dolan J.R., Yang, E.J. (2018). Novel insights into the genetic diversity of Parafavella based on mitochondrial CO1 sequences. Zoologica Scripta,. doi:10.1111/zsc.12312.

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Taxonomy

Published in AlgaeBase

Citation

Xu, K.; Dolan, J. (2025). World Ciliophora Database. Parafavella Kofoid & Campbell, 1929. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=196836

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Occurrence

 Present  Absent  Doubtful  Native  Introduced  Naturalised  Invasive  Managed  No data

Environment


marine, not brackish, not fresh, not terrestrial

Importance

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Last modified

2018-04-16 by John Dolan

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