IRMNG - Spathidiidae Kahl in Doflein & Reichenow, 1929

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Spathidiidae Kahl in Doflein & Reichenow, 1929

IRMNG_ID

113618 (urn:lsid:irmng.org:taxname:113618)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Family

Parent

Spathidiida

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Genus Arcuospathidium Foissner, 1984
Genus Bryophyllum Kahl, 1931
Genus Centrospathidium Foissner, Xu & Berger, 2025
Genus Columnospatha Foissner, 2016
Genus Cranotheridium Schewiakoff, 1893
Genus Diceratula Corliss, 1960
Genus Enchelariophrya Foissner, 2016
Genus Epispathidium Foissner, 1984
Genus Facetospatha Foissner, 2016
Genus Lacerus Jankowski, 1967
Genus Legendrea Fauré-Fremiet, 1908
Genus Levispatha Foissner, 2021
Genus Mamillospatha Foissner, 2016
Genus Myriokaryon Jankowski, 1973
Genus Paraspathidium Noland, 1937
Genus Penardiella Kahl, 1930
Genus Perispira Stein, 1859
Genus Proboscidium Meunier, 1910
Genus Protospatha Foissner, 2021
Genus Protospathidium Foissner, 1984
Genus Schmidingerophrya Foissner, Xu & Berger, 2025
Genus Semibryophyllum Foissner, Xu & Berger, 2025
Genus Spathidiella Kahl, 1930
Genus Spathidioides Brodsky, 1925
Genus Spathidiosus Gajewskaja, 1933
Genus Spathidium Dujardin, 1841
Genus Spinispatha Foissner, 2021
Genus Supraspathidium Foissner & Didier, 1982
Genus Thysanomorpha Jankowski, 1967
Genus Cultellothrix Foissner, 2003 accepted as Neocultellothrix Foissner in Berger, Xu & Foissner, 2025 (unaccepted > unavailable name, the type species Cultellothrix velhoi Foissner, 2003 is unavailable as no holotype or syntype was fixed)
Genus Diceras Eberhard, 1862 accepted as Diceratula Corliss, 1960
Genus Spathidiodes Kahl, 1926 accepted as Spathidiella Kahl, 1930

Environment

marine

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

Not documented

Taxonomic citation

IRMNG (2025). Spathidiidae Kahl in Doflein & Reichenow, 1929. Accessed at: https://www.irmng.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=113618 on 2026-07-11

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2006-09-19 22:00:00Z

created

Rees, Tony

2011-12-31 23:00:00Z

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Rees, Tony

2025-11-22 11:15:09Z

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Edkins, Keith

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basis of record Parker, S.P. (ed). (1982). Synopsis and Classification of Living Organisms. McGraw-Hill, New York. 2 volumes. [details]

basis of record WoRMS (Mar 2013) [details]

taxonomy source Foissner, W.; Xu, K.; Berger, H. (2025). Pharyngospathidiidae nov. fam. (Ciliophora, Spathidiida), a group of spathidiids with a permanent cytopharynx. <em>Series Monographiae Ciliophorae.</em> 6: 367–431., available online at https://www.protozoology.com/publications/papers/data_not_protected/Foissner_etal_2025_i-xv_1-465.pdf [details]

extant flag source Parker, S.P. (ed). (1982). Synopsis and Classification of Living Organisms. McGraw-Hill, New York. 2 volumes. [details]

habitat flag source Aphia 2006 [details]

Unreviewed

Classification Eukaryota (Superkingdom) > Protista (Kingdom) > Ciliophora (Phylum) > Kinetofragminophora (Class) > Gymnostomata (Subclass) > Haptorida (Order) > Spathidiidae (Family) [details]

Descriptive info Includes marine genera (Aphia 2006) [details]

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