Paramecium sonneborni
Paramecium sonneborni is a species of unicellular organisms belonging to the genus Paramecium of the phylum Ciliophora.[1] It was first isolated in Texas and named after Tracy M. Sonneborn. It is a member of the Paramecium aurelia species complex.
| Paramecium sonneborni | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Clade: | SAR |
| Infrakingdom: | Alveolata |
| Phylum: | Ciliophora |
| Class: | Oligohymenophorea |
| Order: | Peniculida |
| Family: | Parameciidae |
| Genus: | Paramecium |
| Species: | P. sonneborni |
| Binomial name | |
| Paramecium sonneborni Aufderheide, Daggett & Nerad, 1983 | |
References
- Aufderheide, Karl J.; Daggett, Pierre-Marc; Nerad, Thomas A. (1983). "Paramecium sonneborni n. sp., a New Member of the Paramecium aurelia Species-Complex". The Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology. 30 (1): 128–131. doi:10.1111/j.1550-7408.1983.tb01046.x. ISSN 1066-5234.
Further reading
Przyboś, Ewa; Tarcz, Sebastian; Rautian, Maria; Lebedeva, Natalia (June 2014). "The first European stand of Paramecium sonneborni (P. aurelia complex), a species known only from North America (Texas, USA)". European Journal of Protistology. 50 (3): 236–247. doi:10.1016/j.ejop.2014.03.001. PMID 24882685.
External links
- "Paramecium sonneborni" at the Encyclopedia of Life
- NCBI entry
- Image showing cilia and oral apparatus
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