Cryptochilum Explained

Cryptochilum is a genus of marine ciliates in the family Cryptochilidae.

Cryptochilum boreale has been recovered from the intestine of Echinus esculentus.^[1]

Names brought to synonymy :

• Cryptochilum elegans Maupas, 1883, a synonym for Uronema elegans (Maupas, 1883) Hamburger & Buddenbrock, 1911

External links

• Cryptochilum at the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS)

Notes and References

1. C.C. . Hentschel . On a New Ciliate, Cryptochilum boreale nov. sp., from the Intestine of Echinus esculentus Linn., together with some Notes on the Ciliates of Echinoids . Parasitology . 16 . 3 . 321–8 . July 1924 . 10.1017/S0031182000020187 . 84573864 .