Phacodinium metchnikoffi Prowazek 1900

Phacodinium metchnikoffi (Certes, 1891) Prowazek, 1900 Certes, A. 1891. Mém. Soc. Zool. Fr. 4: 536–541. Habitat. Moss, soil. Distribution. Brazil: Rio Negro, Anavilhanas archipielago (2°38’09.53’’S 60°55’33.53’’W). Mexico: Oaxaca, near San Pablo Huitzo (17°15’34.10’’N 96°52’24.42’’W). Venezuela: Apure, near El Sapo (5°41’33.29’’N 67°36’18.70’’W). Aragua, Biological Station Rancho Grande (10°23’20.36’’N 67°37’07.85’’W); near Ocumare (10°30’00.05’’N 67°37’33.64’’W). Guárico, near Cabruta (7°38’49.83’’N 66°14’10.58’’W). References. Cruz-Jiménez 2017; Foissner 1997, 2016.
Published as part of Durán-Ramírez, Carlos Alberto & Mayén-Estrada, Rosaura, 2018, Ciliate species from tank-less bromeliads in a dry tropical forest and their geographical distribution in the Neotropics, pp. 241-257 in Zootaxa 4497 (2) on page 252, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4497.2.5, http://zenodo.org/record/1452159
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