Lacrymaria (ciliate)

Lacrymaria is a genus of ciliates. Its best known species is the "Tear of Swan", Lacrymaria olor.

Species
The genus includes the following species:


 * Lacrymaria aciformis Kahl, 1933
 * Lacrymaria acuta Kahl, 1933
 * Lacrymaria aquae dulcis (Roux, 1901) Lauterborn, 1915 see Lacrymaria pupula
 * Lacrymaria balechi Dragesco
 * Lacrymaria caspia Grimm, 1876 see Lacrymaria coronata, Claparede and Lachmann, 1858
 * Lacrymaria caudata Kahl, 1932/1933; var. lemani Dragesco, 1960
 * Lacrymaria cohni Kent, 1881
 * Lacrymaria conifera Burkovsky, 1970
 * Lacrymaria coniformis  Burger, 1908
 * Lacrymaria coronata  Claparede and Lachmann, 1858/1859 (= Phialina coronata)
 * Lacrymaria coronata var. aquae dulcis Roux, 1901 see Lacrymaria pupula
 * Lacrymaria cucumis  Penard, 1922 see Lagynus cucumis
 * Lacrymaria cupifera  Kahl, 1933
 * Lacrymaria delamarei  Dragesco
 * Lacrymaria elegans  Engelmann, 1862 see Lagynus elegans, Quennersted, 1867
 * Lacrymaria elliptica  Burger, 1908 see Lacrymaria pupula
 * Lacrymaria filiformis  Maskell
 * Lacrymaria kahli  Dragesco
 * Lacrymaria lagenula  Claparede and Lachmann, 1858
 * Lacrymaria marina  Kahl, 1933
 * Lacrymaria marinum  Kahl, 1933
 * Lacrymaria metabolica  Burger, 1908 see Lacrymaria vermicularis , O. F. Muller-Ehrenberg, 1831
 * Lacrymaria minima  Kahl, 1927
 * Lacrymaria olor  O. F. Muller, 1776/1786, Bory de Saint-Vincent, 1824; var. marina Kahl, 1933
 * Lacrymaria proteus  Ehrenberg, 1830 see Lacrymaria olor
 * Lacrymaria phialina  Svec, 1897 see Lacrymaria vermicularis, Muller-Erhenberg, 1831
 * Lacrymaria phialina  Svec, 1907, Penard, 1922 see Lacrymaria pupula
 * Lacrymaria pulchra  Wenzel, 1953
 * Lacrymaria pumilio  Vuxanovici
 * Lacrymaria pupula  O. F. Muller, 1786
 * Lacrymaria pusilla  Claparede and Lachmann
 * Lacrymaria rostrata
 * Lacrymaria rotundata  Dragesco
 * Lacrymaria salinarum  Kahl, 1928
 * Lacrymaria sapropelica  Kahl, 1927
 * Lacrymaria spiralis  Kahl, 1926 see Lacrymaria vermicularis O. F. Muller-Ehrenberg, 1831
 * Lacrymaria striata  Gulati, 1926 see Lacrymaria pupula
 * Lacrymaria trichocystus  Dragesco
 * Lacrymaria truncatum  Stokes, 1885 see Spathidium truncatum
 * Lacrymaria urnula  Kahl, 1930
 * Lacrymaria vermicularis  O. F. Muller, 1786, O. F. Muller-Ehrenberg, 1831
 * Lacrymaria versatilis  Quennerstedt, 1867
 * Lacrymaria vertens  Stokes, 1885