Colpidium Explained

Colpidium is a genus of ciliates.^[1]

Further reading

• Foissner . W. . Berger . H. . 1996 . A user‐friendly guide to the ciliates (Protozoa, Ciliophora) commonly used by hydrobiologists as bioindicators in rivers, lakes, and waste waters, with notes on their ecology . Freshwater Biology . 35 . 2 . 375–482 . 10.1111/j.1365-2427.1996.tb01775.x.
• Foissner . W . 2006 . Biogeography and dispersal of micro-organisms: a review emphasizing protists . Acta Protozoologica . 45 . 2 . 111–136 .

Notes and References

1. Ganner . B. . Foissner . W. . 1989 . Taxonomy and ecology of some ciliates (Protozo, Ciliophora) of the saprobic system. III. Revision of the genera Colpidium and Dexiostoma, and establishment of a new genus, Paracolpidium nov. gen. . Hydrobiologia . 182 . 3 . 181–218 . 10.1007/BF00007515 . 26687052.