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Metopus

Metopus is a genus of anaerobic organisms from the family of Metopidae.

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Length
334 w
Citations
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Source
Metopus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Clade: Sar
Clade: Alveolata
Phylum: Ciliophora
Class: Armophorea
Order: Metopida
Family: Metopidae
Genus: Metopus
Claparède & Lachmann, 185812
Species

Metopus brachoni1
Metopus brevicristatus1
Metopus contortus1
Metopus es1
Metopus extensus1
Metopus filum
Metopus fuscus1
Metopus halophilus1
Metopus histophagus1
Metopus hyalinus1
Metopus jankowskii1
Metopus lemani1
Metopus magnus
Metopus major1
Metopus murrayensis
Metopus nivaaensis1
Metopus palaeformides
Metopus pellitus1
Metopus rotundus1
Metopus setosus1
Metopus spiralis1
Metopus rex
Metopus verrucosus1
Metopus vestitus1

Metopus is a genus of anaerobic organisms from the family of Metopidae.1345

References

References

  1. "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Metopus Claparède & Lachmann, 1858". www.marinespecies.org.
  2. Stein, Friedrich (1867). Der Organismus der Infusionsthiere nach eigenen Forschungen in systematischer Reihenfolge bearbeitet (in German). Engelmann.
  3. "Metopus - Overview - Encyclopedia of Life". Encyclopedia of Life.
  4. Archiv Für Hydrobiologie (in German). E. Schweizerbart'sche Verlagsbuchhandlung (Nägele u. Obermiller). 1938.
  5. Hackstein, Johannes H. P. (2010). (Endo)symbiotic Methanogenic Archaea. Springer Science & Business Media. ISBN 9783642136153.
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