Cothurnia undetermined

Lu, Borong, Li, Lifang, Hu, Xiaozhong, Ji, Daode, Al-Rasheid, Khaled A S & Song, Weibo, 2019, Novel contributions to the peritrich family Vaginicolidae (Protista: Ciliophora), with morphological and phylogenetic analyses of poorly known species of Pyxicola, Cothurnia and Vaginicola, Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 187 (1), pp. 1-30 : 7-10

GENUS COTHURNIA EHRENBERG, 1831

Species of Cothurnia usually have one or two zooids in a lorica that lacks any closure apparatus. Zooids attach to the lorica base directly or via an endostyle, with transverse striations on the pellicle. The shape of lorica

The bold indicates these data was based on original study.

Abbreviations: FW, fresh water; BW, brackish water; PL, peristomial lip; –, data not available; aproportion of body length; bproportion of lorica length. Abbreviations: PL, peristomial lip; –, data not available; aproportion of body length; *based on fixed specimens; ** inferred from the drawing.

List 1: Original; Wrześniowski (1866, 1867, 1870); Hutton (1878); Kent (1882); Stokes (1895); Sommer (1951); Tucolesco (1962); Nusch (1970); Trueba (1978); Shen & Gu (2016).

in this genus is highly diverse. The incomplete data of most Cothurnia species necessitate a reinvestigation of this species-rich genus based on modern criteria.