World Register of Deep-Sea species - Protocystis Wallich, 1862

Deep-Sea taxon details

Protocystis Wallich, 1862

AphiaID

345907 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:345907)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Parent

Challengeridae Murray, 1885

Direct children (1)

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Species Protocystis xiphodon (Haeckel, 1887)

Environment

marine

Original description

Not documented

Taxonomic citation

Deep-Sea (2025). Protocystis Wallich, 1862. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/Deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=345907 on 2026-05-20

Thematic species database citation

Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2026). World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS). Protocystis Wallich, 1862. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=345907 on 2026-05-20

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2008-06-18 12:51:08Z

created

Vanhoorne, Bart

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basis of record Radiolaria.org, available online at http://www.radiolaria.org [details]

Present

Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

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Language	Name
Japanese	プロトシスティス属	[details]

To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Protocystis)
To Genbank