| Calotheca | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Clade: | Obazoa |
| Clade: | Opisthokonta |
| Class: | Choanoflagellata |
| Order: | Acanthoecida |
| Family: | Acanthoecidae |
| Genus: | Calotheca H. A. Thomsen and O. Moestrup, 1983 |
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Calotheca is the name used for a genus of choanoflagellates in the family Acanthoecidae, though this name is a junior homonym of the name Calotheca Heyden, 1887, and it must be replaced under the rules of the ICZN.2 The species C. alata is from Indo-Pacific Localities.3
References
References
- "Calotheca". Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved 19 April 2022.
- Nomenclator Zoologicus
- Electron Microscopical Investigations on Two Loricate Choanoflagellates (Choanoflagellida), Calotheca alata gen. et sp. nov. and Syndetophyllum pulchellum gen. et comb. nov., from Indo-Pacific Localities. H. A. Thomsen and O. Moestrup, Proceedings of the Royal Society B, 22 August 1983, doi:10.1098/rspb.1983.0057