Paracoeloperix, Wang & Jiang & Pan & Warren & Hu, 2025

Wang, Congcong, Jiang, Limin, Pan, Hongbo, Warren, Alan & Hu, Xiaozhong, 2025, Insight into the diversity and phylogeny of the ciliate family Lynchellidae (Alveolata: Ciliophora), with the establishment of a new genus and two new species, Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 204 (2) : -

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https://doi.org/10.1093/zoolinnean/zlaf010

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scientific name

Paracoeloperix
status

gen. nov.

Genus Paracoeloperix gen. nov.

ZooBank registration number of new genus: urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:

Diversity and phylogeny of Lynchellidae • 3 Diagnosis: Lynchellidae with cross-striated band (CSB) around the perimeter between ventral and dorsal surfaces; somatic kineties completely separated into anterior and posterior parts; posterior somatic kineties continuous; trilinear perioral kineties; both anterior and lef terminal fragments present.

Etymology: Te genus-group name ‘ Paracoeloperix ’ is composed of the Greek prefix ‘ para- ’ (meaning ‘besides’) and the generic epithet ‘ Coeloperix ’, in recognition that this genus bears a close morphological resemblance to Coeloperix . Feminine gender.

Type species: Paracoeloperix composita gen. nov., sp. nov.

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