Cryptochilum is a genus of marine Oligohymenophorean ciliates that belongs to the family Cryptochilidae.
Cryptochilum boreale has been recovered from the intestine of the Common Sea Urchin (Echinus esculentus).
Taxonomy
Species
Cryptochilum boreale Hentschel, 1924 Cryptochilum echini Cuenot, 1912 Cryptochilum reniforme Petz, Song & Wilbert, 1995 Names brought to synonymy Cryptochilum elegans Maupas, 1883, a synonym for Uronema elegans (Maupas, 1883) Hamburger & Buddenbrock, 1911
References
External links
Cryptochilum at the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS)