Lacrymaria (ciliate)

Lacrymaria
Lacrymaria olor
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
(unranked):	SAR
Phylum:	Ciliophora
Class:	Litostomatea
Family:	Lacrymariidae
Genus:	Lacrymaria
Species
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Lacrymaria is a genus of ciliates. Its best known species is the "Tear of Swan", Lacrymaria olor.

Species

The genus includes the following species:

• Lacrymaria aciformis Kahl, 1933
• Lacrymaria acuta Kahl, 1933
• Lacrymaria aquae dulcis (Roux, 1901) Lauterborn, 1915 see Lacrymaria pupula
• Lacrymaria balechi Dragesco
• Lacrymaria caspia Grimm, 1876 see Lacrymaria coronata, Claparede and Lachmann, 1858
• Lacrymaria caudata Kahl, 1932/1933; var. lemani Dragesco, 1960
• Lacrymaria cohni Kent, 1881
• Lacrymaria conifera Burkovsky, 1970
• Lacrymaria coniformis Burger, 1908
• Lacrymaria coronata Claparede and Lachmann, 1858/1859 (= Phialina coronata)
• Lacrymaria coronata var. aquae dulcis Roux, 1901 see Lacrymaria pupula
• Lacrymaria cucumis Penard, 1922 see Lagynus cucumis
• Lacrymaria cupifera Kahl, 1933
• Lacrymaria delamarei Dragesco
• Lacrymaria elegans Engelmann, 1862 see Lagynus elegans, Quennersted, 1867
• Lacrymaria elliptica Burger, 1908 see Lacrymaria pupula
• Lacrymaria filiformis Maskell
• Lacrymaria kahli Dragesco
• Lacrymaria lagenula Claparede and Lachmann, 1858
• Lacrymaria marina Kahl, 1933
• Lacrymaria marinum Kahl, 1933
• Lacrymaria metabolica Burger, 1908 see Lacrymaria vermicularis , O. F. Muller-Ehrenberg, 1831
• Lacrymaria minima Kahl, 1927
• Lacrymaria olor O. F. Muller, 1776/1786, Bory de Saint-Vincent, 1824; var. marina Kahl, 1933
• Lacrymaria proteus Ehrenberg, 1830 see Lacrymaria olor
• Lacrymaria phialina Svec, 1897 see Lacrymaria vermicularis, Muller-Erhenberg, 1831
• Lacrymaria phialina Svec, 1907, Penard, 1922 see Lacrymaria pupula
• Lacrymaria pulchra Wenzel, 1953
• Lacrymaria pumilio Vuxanovici
• Lacrymaria pupula O. F. Muller, 1786
• Lacrymaria pusilla Claparede and Lachmann
• Lacrymaria rostrata
• Lacrymaria rotundata Dragesco
• Lacrymaria salinarum Kahl, 1928
• Lacrymaria sapropelica Kahl, 1927
• Lacrymaria spiralis Kahl, 1926 see Lacrymaria vermicularis O. F. Muller-Ehrenberg, 1831
• Lacrymaria striata Gulati, 1926 see Lacrymaria pupula
• Lacrymaria trichocystus Dragesco
• Lacrymaria truncatum Stokes, 1885 see Spathidium truncatum
• Lacrymaria urnula Kahl, 1930
• Lacrymaria vermicularis O. F. Muller, 1786, O. F. Muller-Ehrenberg, 1831
• Lacrymaria versatilis Quennerstedt, 1867
• Lacrymaria vertens Stokes, 1885