Common Names
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Common Names in English:
Drab Tonguefish, Duskycheek Tonguefish
Biology
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Taxonomy
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- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- Kingdom:
Protozoa
(
)
- (Goldfuss, 1818) R. Owen, 1858
- Protozoa
- Subkingdom:
Biciliata
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)
- Infrakingdom:
Alveolata
(
)
- Cavalier-Smith, 1991
- Phylum:
Ciliophora
(
)
- (doflein, 1901) copeland, 1956
- Ciliates
- Subphylum:
Intramacronucleata
(
)
- Lynn, 1996
- Class:
Spirotrichea
(
)
- Bütschli, 1889
- Subclass:
choreotrichia
(
)
- small & lynn, 1985
- Order:
Tintinnida
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)
- kofoid & campbell, 1929
- Family:
Petalotrichidae
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)
- Kofoid & Campbell, 1929
- Genus:
Parapetalotricha
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)
- Specific descriptor:
meridiana
- Scientific name: - Parapetalotricha meridiana
- Specific descriptor:
meridiana
- Genus:
Parapetalotricha
(
- Family:
Petalotrichidae
(
- Order:
Tintinnida
(
- Subclass:
choreotrichia
(
- Class:
Spirotrichea
(
- Subphylum:
Intramacronucleata
(
- Phylum:
Ciliophora
(
- Infrakingdom:
Alveolata
(
- Subkingdom:
Biciliata
(
- Kingdom:
Protozoa
(
Similar Species
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Members of the genus Parapetalotricha
There are approximately 1 species in this genus:
P. meridiana (Duskycheek Tonguefish)
More Info
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Notes
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Contributors
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed November 09, 2007. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 3 providers.
Data Sources
Accessed through GBIF Data Portal March 19, 2008:
- Canadian Museum of Nature: Canadian Museum of Nature Fish Collection
- FishBase: FishBase DiGIR Provider - Philippine Server
- Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University: Canadian Museum of Nature - Fish Collection (OBIS Canada)
- Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University: Fish larvae biodiversity along the central coast in the Brazilian EEZ (OBIS South America, BRAZIL) (OBIS South America, BRAZIL)
- Los Angeles County Museum of Natural History: Vertebrate specimens
- Museum national d'histoire naturelle: Ichtyologie
- Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University: MCZ Fish Collection
Identifiers
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 17887177
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 2633881
