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

Parafavella gigantea (Brandt), Kofoid & Campbell, 1929

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Parafavella*	Kofoid & Campbell, 1929	accepted genus name

Species group names

*Cyttarocylis gigantea*	Brandt, 1896	synonym

Literature

basis of record	Jørgensen, E. (1900). Ueber die Tintinnodeen der norwegischen Westküste. Bergens Museums Aarbog. (2): 1-48.
basis of record	SAHFOS (Sir Alister Hardy Foundation for Ocean Science) - Continuous Plankton Recorder survey
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. Parafavella gigantea (Brandt), Kofoid & Campbell, 1929. 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:196837