Bickella
| Bickella | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Clade: | Diaphoretickes |
| Clade: | SAR |
| Clade: | Alveolata |
| Phylum: | Ciliophora |
| Class: | Heterotrichea |
| Order: | Heterotrichida |
| Family: | Folliculinidae |
| Genus: | Bickella Wilbert & Song, 2008 |
| Species: | B. antarctica
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| Binomial name | |
| Bickella antarctica Wilbert & Song, 2008
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Bickella antarctica is a species of littoral free-swimming folliculinid ciliates, first found near King George Island.[1] It has a typical Folliculina morphology barring its absence of lorica. It is the sole species in the genus Bickella.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b Wilbert, Norbert; Song, Weibo (2008). "A further study on littoral ciliates (Protozoa, Ciliophora) near King George Island, Antarctica, with description of a new genus and seven new species". Journal of Natural History. 42 (13–14): 979–1012. doi:10.1080/00222930701877540. ISSN 0022-2933. S2CID 86742997.
Further reading
[edit]- Wilbert, Norbert. "Species composition and structure of the ciliate community in the benthos at King George Island, Antarctica." The Antarctic ecosystem of Potter Cove, King-George Island (Isla 25 de Mayo) Synopsis of research performed 1999-2006 at the Dallmann Laboratory and Jubany Station _: 141.
- Azovsky, Andrey, and Yuri Mazei. "Do microbes have macroecology? Large-scale patterns in the diversity and distribution of marine benthic ciliates."Global Ecology and Biogeography 22.2 (2013): 163-172.