Oxytricha

Oxytricha
	Scanning electron microscope view of Oxytricha trifallax
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Clade:	Sar
Clade:	Alveolata
Phylum:	Ciliophora
Class:	Spirotrichea
Family:	Oxytrichidae
Subfamily:	Oxytrichinae
Genus:	; Bory, 1824
Species
	Oxytricha aeruginosa Wrzesniowskiego, 1866; Oxytricha alfredi Berger, 1999; Oxytricha alfredkahli Foissner, 1987; Oxytricha atypica sp. nov.; Oxytricha auripunctata Blatterer & Foissner, 1988; Oxytricha balladyna Song & Wilbert, 1989; Oxytricha bimembranata Shibuya, 1929; Oxytricha chlorelligera Kahl, 1932; Oxytricha crassistilata Kahl, 1932; Oxytricha discifera Kahl, 1932; Oxytricha durhamiensis Berger, 1999; Oxytricha elongata (Smith, 1897) Kahl, 1932; Oxytricha enigmatica Dragesco & Dragesco-Kernéis, 1986; Oxytricha euglenivora Kahl, 1932; Oxytricha fallax Stein, 1859; Oxytricha faurei Tucolesco, 1962; Oxytricha fromenteli Foissner, 1987; Oxytricha geleii (Wilbert, 1986) Berger, 1999; Oxytricha granulifera Foissner & Adam, 1983; Oxytricha granulosa Schmitz, 1986; Oxytricha halophila Kahl, 1932; Oxytricha hymenostoma Stokes, 1887; Oxytricha islandica Berger & Foissner, 1989; Oxytricha kahlovata Berger, 1999; Oxytricha lanceolata Shibuya, 1930; Oxytricha longa Gelei & Szabados, 1950; Oxytricha longicirrata Kahl, 1932; Oxytricha longigranulosa Berger & Foissner, 1989; Oxytricha longissima Dragesco & Njine, 1971; Oxytricha matritensis Ramirez-Montesinos & Perez-Silva, 1966; Oxytricha minor (Maskell, 1887) Kahl, 1932; Oxytricha monspessulana (Chatton & Séguéla, 1940) Borror, 1972; Oxytricha multipes Claparède & Lachmann, 1858; Oxytricha multiseta Dragesco, 1966; Oxytricha nauplia Berger & Foissner, 1987; Oxytricha opisthomuscorum Foissner, Blatterer, Berger & Kohmann, 1991; Oxytricha ottowi Foissner, 1996; Oxytricha oxymarina Berger, 1999; Oxytricha parahalophila (Wang & Nie, 1935) Berger, 1999; Oxytricha parallela Engelmann, 1862; Oxytricha parallelis Englemann, 1862; Oxytricha pernix Wrześniowski, 1877; Oxytricha procera Kahl, 1932; Oxytricha proximata Shibuya, 1930; Oxytricha pseudofurcata Berger, 1999; Oxytricha pseudofusiformis Dragesco & Dragesco-Kernéis, 1986; Oxytricha pseudosimilis Hemberger, 1985; Oxytricha quadricirrata Blatterer & Foissner, 1988; Oxytricha rubripuncta Berger & Foissner, 1987; Oxytricha saltans (Cohn, 1866) Rees, 1881; Oxytricha saprobia Kahl, 1932; Oxytricha setigera Stokes, 1891; Oxytricha similis Engelmann, 1862; Oxytricha siseris Vuxanovici, 1963; Oxytricha sphagni Kahl, 1932; Oxytricha tenella Song & Wilbert, 1989; Oxytricha tricornis Milne, 1886; Oxytricha variabilis Grolière, 1975; Oxytricha acuminata Dumas, 1930 (taxon inquirendum); Oxytricha acuminata Mahajan, 1977 (taxon inquirendum); Oxytricha acuminata Vuxanovici, 1963 (taxon inquirendum); Oxytricha ambigua Dujardin, 1841 (taxon inquirendum); Oxytricha anca Dumas, 1930 (taxon inquirendum); Oxytricha arcuata Dumas, 1930 (taxon inquirendum); Oxytricha barbula Dumas, 1930 (taxon inquirendum); Oxytricha becciformis Dumas, 1929 (taxon inquirendum); Oxytricha bilobata Fromentel, 1876 (taxon inquirendum); Oxytricha cornipes Dumas, 1929 (taxon inquirendum); Oxytricha cornuta Dumas, 1929 (taxon inquirendum); Oxytricha curta Dumas, 1929 (taxon inquirendum); Oxytricha cypris Dumas, 1929 (taxon inquirendum); Oxytricha decumana Perty, 1852 (taxon inquirendum); Oxytricha deformis Fromentel, 1876 (taxon inquirendum); Oxytricha dubia O. F. M. - Kovaleva & Golemansky, 1979 (taxon inquirendum); Oxytricha dujardiniana Diesing, 1866 (taxon inquirendum); Oxytricha ehrenbergiana Diesing, 1866 (taxon inquirendum); Oxytricha ephippioïdes Dumas, 1929 (taxon inquirendum); Oxytricha exociformis Dumas, 1930 (taxon inquirendum); Oxytricha fimbriata Dumas, 1930 (taxon inquirendum); Oxytricha formosa Alekperov, 1984 (taxon inquirendum); Oxytricha furcatus Smith, 1897 (taxon inquirendum); Oxytricha galeata Dumas, 1929 (taxon inquirendum); Oxytricha gyrinioïdes Dumas, 1929 (taxon inquirendum); Oxytricha hengshanensis Liu et al., 1992 in Shen, Liu, Song & Gu, 1992 (taxon inquirendum); Oxytricha immemorata Alekperov, 1984 (taxon inquirendum); Oxytricha incrassata Dujardin, 1841 (taxon inquirendum); Oxytricha labiata Dumas, 1930 (taxon inquirendum); Oxytricha labiata Fromentel, 1876 (taxon inquirendum); Oxytricha lacerata Dumas, 1929 (taxon inquirendum); Oxytricha lacrimula Dumas, 1929 (taxon inquirendum); Oxytricha lata Sterki, 1878 (taxon inquirendum); Oxytricha lingua Dujardin, 1841 (taxon inquirendum); Oxytricha longipes Dumas, 1930 (taxon inquirendum); Oxytricha luteolucens Dumas, 1937 (taxon inquirendum); Oxytricha merula Fromentel, 1876 (taxon inquirendum); Oxytricha monstrosa Vuxanovici, 1963 (taxon inquirendum); Oxytricha nova Klobutcher, Swanton, Donini & Prescott, 1981 (taxon inquirendum); Oxytricha oblonga Dumas, 1929 (taxon inquirendum); Oxytricha oblongatus Sharma, Sobti & Kathuria, 1986 (taxon inquirendum); Oxytricha obtusa Dumas, 1930 (taxon inquirendum); Oxytricha oltenica Lepsi, 1965 (taxon inquirendum); Oxytricha ovalis Schmarda, 1854 (taxon inquirendum); Oxytricha ovata Dumas, 1929 (taxon inquirendum); Oxytricha pisciunculiformis Dumas, 1929 (taxon inquirendum); Oxytricha pistilloides Dumas, 1929 (taxon inquirendum); Oxytricha pleuronectes Dumas, 1929 (taxon inquirendum); Oxytricha plicata Eichwald, 1852 (taxon inquirendum); Oxytricha praeceps Dumas, 1930 (taxon inquirendum); Oxytricha proboscis Dumas, 1930 (taxon inquirendum); Oxytricha protensa Perty, 1852 (taxon inquirendum); Oxytricha quadrinucleata Culberson, 1986 (taxon inquirendum); Oxytricha quercineti Lepsi, 1948 (taxon inquirendum); Oxytricha radians Dujardin, 1841 (taxon inquirendum); Oxytricha rostrata Dumas, 1930 (taxon inquirendum); Oxytricha saltans Vuxanovici, 1963 (taxon inquirendum); Oxytricha stratiformis Dumas, 1930 (taxon inquirendum); Oxytricha striata Schmarda, 1854 (taxon inquirendum); Oxytricha subcylindrica Dumas, 1929 (taxon inquirendum); Oxytricha tetranucleata Németh in Gelei, 1950 (taxon inquirendum); Oxytricha truncata Vuxanovici, 1963 (taxon inquirendum); Oxytricha viridis Fromentel, 1876 (taxon inquirendum);

Oxytricha is a genus of ciliates in the family Oxytrichidae.

Genomics

The draft macronuclear genome of Oxytricha trifallax was published in 2013.^[3]

Species

Oxytricha aeruginosa
Oxytricha atypica sp. nov.^[1]
Oxytricha bifaria
Oxytricha chlorelligera
Oxytricha discifera
Oxytricha elegans
Oxytricha fallax
Oxytricha ferruginea
Oxytricha furcata
Oxytricha gibba
Oxytricha granulifera
Oxytricha halophila
Oxytricha hymenostoma
Oxytricha kahlovata
Oxytricha lanceolata
Oxytricha longa
Oxytricha longigranulosa
Oxytricha ludibunda
Oxytricha marina
Oxytricha minor
Oxytricha ottowi
Oxytricha ovalis
Oxytricha oxymarina
Oxytricha parallelis
Oxytricha pellionella
Oxytricha rubra
Oxytricha saltans
Oxytricha setigera
Oxytricha susheelum
Oxytricha tricornis
Oxytricha trifallax
Oxytricha velox

References

^ ^a ^b Xinpeng Fan; Shunli Yao; Xiaotian Luo; Tianyao Dong; Yuan Xu; Lingyun Chen; William Bourland; Yan Zhao; Jie Huang (2021). "Some morphologically distinguishable hypotrich ciliates share identical 18S rRNA gene sequences – taxonomic insights from a case study on Oxytricha species (Protista, Ciliophora)". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 193 (1): 356–379. doi:10.1093/zoolinnean/zlaa145.
^ Warren, A. (2019). World Ciliophora Database. Oxytricha Bory de Saint-Vincent, 1824. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=415730 on 2019-01-07
^ Swart EC, Bracht JR, Magrini V, Minx P, Chen X, Zhou Y, Khurana JS, Goldman AD, Nowacki M, Schotanus K, Jung S, Fulton RS, Ly A, McGrath S, Haub K, Wiggins JL, Storton D, Matese JC, Parsons L, Chang WJ, Bowen MS, Stover NA, Jones TA, Eddy SR, Herrick GA, Doak TG, Wilson RK, Mardis ER, Landweber LF (2013). "The Oxytricha trifallax macronuclear genome: a complex eukaryotic genome with 16,000 tiny chromosomes". PLOS Biol. 11 (1): e1001473. doi:10.1371/journal.pbio.1001473. PMC 3558436. PMID 23382650.

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[Fan-1] Xinpeng Fan; Shunli Yao; Xiaotian Luo; Tianyao Dong; Yuan Xu; Lingyun Chen; William Bourland; Yan Zhao; Jie Huang (2021). "Some morphologically distinguishable hypotrich ciliates share identical 18S rRNA gene sequences – taxonomic insights from a case study on Oxytricha species (Protista, Ciliophora)". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 193 (1): 356–379. doi:10.1093/zoolinnean/zlaa145.

[2] Warren, A. (2019). World Ciliophora Database. Oxytricha Bory de Saint-Vincent, 1824. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=415730 on 2019-01-07

[3] Swart EC, Bracht JR, Magrini V, Minx P, Chen X, Zhou Y, Khurana JS, Goldman AD, Nowacki M, Schotanus K, Jung S, Fulton RS, Ly A, McGrath S, Haub K, Wiggins JL, Storton D, Matese JC, Parsons L, Chang WJ, Bowen MS, Stover NA, Jones TA, Eddy SR, Herrick GA, Doak TG, Wilson RK, Mardis ER, Landweber LF (2013). "The Oxytricha trifallax macronuclear genome: a complex eukaryotic genome with 16,000 tiny chromosomes". PLOS Biol. 11 (1): e1001473. doi:10.1371/journal.pbio.1001473. PMC 3558436. PMID 23382650.

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