Paralitonotus, Zhang & Zhao & Chi & Warren & Pan & Song, 2022

Zhang, Gongaote, Zhao, Yan, Chi, Yong, Warren, Alan, Pan, Hongbo & Song, Weibo, 2022, Updating the phylogeny and taxonomy of pleurostomatid ciliates (Protista: Ciliophora) with establishment of a new family, a new genus and two new species, Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 196 (1), pp. 105-123 : 108

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.1093/zoolinnean/zlac028
publication LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:pub:91E1877D-99F9-42EF-B211-23C0F7F0D539
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7036953
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/134187C7-FFFE-FFD0-E0DA-556023018107
treatment provided by	Plazi
scientific name	Paralitonotus
status	gen. nov.

Treatment

GENUS PARALITONOTUS GEN. NOV.

Zoobank registration: urn: lsid: zoobank. org:act: CB662085-9DE5-469F-9BC5-ADBE6496AAF1

Diagnosis: Paralitonotidae with right somatic kineties progressively shortened from middle towards dorsal full kinety and perioral kinety; leftmost kinety extending to anterior end of cell.

Type species: Paralitonotus foissneri sp. nov.

Etymology: Composite of the Greek prefix Παρά- (derive from) and the generic name Litonotus Wresniowski, 1870 , referring to the Litonotus -like general ciliary pattern. Masculine gender.

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Taxonomy

Kingdom	Chromista
Phylum	Ciliophora
Class	Gymnostomatea
Order	Pleurostomatida
Family	Protolitonotidae

Specimens

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