Lepidometopus, Vď’Ačný & Foissner, 2017

Vď’Ačný, Peter & Foissner, Wilhelm, 2017, A Huge Diversity of Metopids (Ciliophora, Armophorea) in Soil from the Murray River Floodplain, Australia. II. Morphology and Morphogenesis of Lepidometopus platycephalus nov. gen., nov. spec., Acta Protozoologica 56 (1), pp. 39-57 : 40

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.4467/16890027AP.17.004.6968
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.12555228
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/680487A7-F313-FFC9-AD7A-FA35FBD27071
treatment provided by	Felipe
scientific name	Lepidometopus
status	gen. nov.

Treatment

Lepidometopus nov. gen. Vďačný and Foissner

Diagnosis: More or less reniform Metopidae with epicortical scales. Five perizonal kineties. Type 4 oral area.

Type species: Lepidometopus platycephalus nov. spec.

Etymology: A composite of the stem of the Latin adjective lepid · us, - a, - um [m, f, n] (charming), the thematic vowel· o -, and the genus-group name Metopus . Masculine gender.

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Taxonomy

Kingdom	Chromista
Phylum	Ciliophora
Class	Heterotrichea
Order	Heterotrichida
Family	Metopidae

Specimens

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