Litonotus kopimorphus (American Brook Lamprey)

Common Names

Common Names in English:

American Brook Lamprey

Domain: Eukaryota () - Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- Kingdom: Protozoa () - (goldfuss, 1818) r. owen, 1858 - Protozoa
  - Subkingdom: biciliata ()
    - Infrakingdom: Alveolata () - Cavalier-Smith, 1991
      - Phylum: Ciliophora () - (doflein, 1901) copeland, 1956 - Ciliates
        Subphylum: intramacronucleata () - lynn, 1996
        Class: Kinetofragminophora () - small & lynn, 1981
        Subclass: Haptoria () - Corliss, 1974
        Order: Pleurostomatida () - schewiakoff, 1896
        Family: Amphileptidae ()
        Genus: Litonotus ()
        Specific descriptor: kopimorphus - Petz, Song & Wilbert, 1995
        Scientific name: - Litonotus kopimorphus Petz, Song & Wilbert, 1995

There are approximately 12 species in this genus:

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Accessed through GBIF Data Portal March 19, 2008:

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