Higher Classification: > Kingdom Chromista > Subkingdom Harosa > Infrakingdom Alveolata > Phylum Ciliophora > Subphylum Intramacronucleata > Class Oligotrichea > Subclass Oligotrichia > Order Oligotrichida > Family Tontoniidae > Genus Tontonia

Tontonia ovalis (Leegaard, 1915) Laval-Peuto & Rassoulzadegan, 1987

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Tontonia*	Fauré-Fremiet, 1914	accepted genus name

Species group names

*Laboea ovalis*	Leegaard, 1915	synonym
*Strombidium ovale*	(Leegaard, 1915) Kahl, 1932	synonym

Literature

ecology source	Bernard, C.; Rassoulzadegan, F. (1994). Seasonal variations of mixotrophic ciliates in the northwest Mediterranean Sea. Marine Ecology Progress Series. 108: 295-295.
ecology source	Mitra, A.; Caron, D. A.; Faure, E.; Flynn, K. J.; Leles, S. G.; Hansen, P. J.; McManus, G. B.; Not, F.; Do Rosario Gomes, H.; Santoferrara, L. F.; Stoecker, D. K.; Tillmann, U. (2023). The Mixoplankton Database (MDB): Diversity of photo‐phago‐trophic plankton in form, function, and distribution across the global ocean. Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology. 70(4).
ecology source	Leles, S. G.; Mitra, A.; Flynn, K. J.; Stoecker, D. K.; Hansen, P. J.; Calbet, A.; McManus, G. B.; Sanders, R. W.; Caron, D. A.; Not, F.; Hallegraeff, G. M.; Pitta, P.; Raven, J. A.; Johnson, M. D.; Glibert, P. M.; Våge, S. (2017). Oceanic protists with different forms of acquired phototrophy display contrasting biogeographies and abundance. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences. 284(1860): 20170664.
ecology source	Laval-Peuto, M.; Rassoulzadegan, F. (1988). Autofluorescence of marine planktonic Oligotrichina and other ciliates. Hydrobiologia. 159(1): 99-110.

Genbank

Citation

Xu, K.; Dolan, J. (2025). World Ciliophora Database. Tontonia ovalis (Leegaard, 1915) Laval-Peuto & Rassoulzadegan, 1987. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=427744