Register of Antarctic Species (RAS) - Didinium gargantua Meunier, 1910

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RAS taxon details

Didinium gargantua Meunier, 1910

AphiaID

341712 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:341712)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Didinium Stein, 1859

Original name

Didinium gargantua Meunier, 1910

Environment

marine, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Original description

Meunier, A. (1910). Microplankton des Mers de Barents et de Kara. Duc d'Orléans. Campagne arctique de 1907. Imprimerie scientifique Charles Bulens: Bruxelles, Belgium. 355 + atlas (XXXVII plates) pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]

Taxonomic citation

Xu, K.; Dolan, J. (2025). World Ciliophora Database. Didinium gargantua Meunier, 1910. Accessed through: RAS (Eds.) (2025) Register of Antarctic Species at: https://ras.biodiversity.aq/aphia.php/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=341712 on 2026-02-22

Regional species database citation

RAS (Eds.) (2026). Register of Antarctic Species. Didinium gargantua Meunier, 1910. Accessed at: https://ras.biodiversity.aq/aphia.php/%22https:/images.marinespecies.org/thumbs/rest/rest/rest/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=341712 on 2026-02-22

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2008-03-27 13:02:18Z

created

Scott, Fiona

2009-11-16 12:53:55Z

checked

Warren, Alan

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original description Meunier, A. (1910). Microplankton des Mers de Barents et de Kara. Duc d'Orléans. Campagne arctique de 1907. Imprimerie scientifique Charles Bulens: Bruxelles, Belgium. 355 + atlas (XXXVII plates) pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]

basis of record Scott, F.J.; Marchant, H.J. (Ed.). (2005). Antarctic marine protists. <em>Australian Biological Resources Study: Canberra.</em> ISBN 0-642-56835-9. 563 pp., available online at http://its-db.aad.gov.au/proms/pubn/pubshow.asp?pub_id=12140 [details]

additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). [Checklist of marine biota of China seas]. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors