Bodo ovatus (Dujardin) F.Stein 1878
Publication Details
Bodo ovatus (Dujardin) F.Stein 1878: legend to pl. 3
Published in: Stein, F. von (1878). Der Organismus der Infusionsthiere nach eigenen forschungen in systematischere Reihenfolge bearbeitet. III. Abtheilung. Die Naturgeschichte der Flagellaten oder Geisselinfusorien. I. Hälfte, Den noch nicht abgeschlossenen allgemeinen Theil nebst erklärung: Der sämmtlichen Abbildungen enthaltend. pp. i-x, 1-154, pls I-XXIV. Leipzig: Verlag von Wilhelm Engelmann.
Request PDFType Species
The type species (lectotype) of the genus Bodo is Bodo saltans Ehrenberg.
Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Cercomonas ovata (Dujardin) S.M.Tong, Vørs & D.J.Patterson.
Source of Synonymy
Tong, S.M., Vørs, N. & Patterson, D.J. (1997). Heterotrophic flagellates, centrohelid heliozoa and filose amoebae from marine and freshwater sites in the Antarctic. Polar Biology 18(2): 91-106, 6 figures.
Basionym
Heteromita ovata Dujardin
Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), ovate (Stearn 1983).
General Environment
This is a freshwater species.
Created: 24 October 2005 by Sandy Lawson.
Last updated: 09 September 2021
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E.A. Molinari Novoa in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 09 September 2021. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 25 November 2024
