Cryptochilum
Genus of single-celled organisms
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Cryptochilum is a genus of marine ciliates in the family Cryptochilidae.
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| Cryptochilum - Illustration in Bullettino delle sedute della Accademia gioenia di scienze naturali in Catania, 1893 | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Clade: | Sar |
| Clade: | Alveolata |
| Phylum: | Ciliophora |
| Class: | Oligohymenophorea |
| Order: | Philasterida |
| Family: | Cryptochilidae |
| Genus: | Cryptochilum Maupas, 1883[1] |
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Cryptochilum boreale has been recovered from the intestine of Echinus esculentus.[2]
- Names brought to synonymy
- Cryptochilum elegans Maupas, 1883, a synonym for Uronema elegans (Maupas, 1883) Hamburger & Buddenbrock, 1911
