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Favella brevis Kofoid & Campbell, 1929

221258 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:221258)

accepted
Species
marine, fresh, terrestrial
Kofoid & Campbell. (1929). A conspectus of the marine and freshwater ciliata belonging to the suborder Tintinnoinea, with descriptions of new species principally from the Agassiz Expedition to the Eastern Tropical Pacific 1904-1905. , available online at http://aquaparadox.obs-vlfr.fr/html/PFD/Taxonomic%20Monographs/k&c1929.pdf
page(s): pg. 151, fig. 290; note: length given as 164 µm [details] Available for editors  PDF available
Taxonomic remark The species is likely a morpho-type of Favella ehrenbergii, common in the Black Sea (Gavrilova & Dolan 2007). Favella...  
Taxonomic remark The species is likely a morpho-type of Favella ehrenbergii, common in the Black Sea (Gavrilova & Dolan 2007). Favella ehrenbergii is known to produce loricas of variable morphologies (Laval-Peuto 1994). [details]
Xu, K.; Dolan, J. (2025). World Ciliophora Database. Favella brevis Kofoid & Campbell, 1929. Accessed through: Costello, M. J.; Ahyong, S.; Bieler, R.; Boudouresque, C.; Desiderato, A.; Downey, R.; Galil, B. S.; Gollasch, S.; Hutchings, P.; Kamburska, L.; Katsanevakis, S.; Kupriyanova, E.; Lejeusne, C.; Ma, K. C. K.; Marchini, A.; Occhipinti, A.; Pagad, S.; Pino, L.; Poore, G. C. B.; Rewicz, T.; Rius, M.; Robinson, T. B.; Sobczyk, R.; Stepien, A.; Turon, X.; Valls Domedel, G.; Verleye, T.; Vieira, L. M.; Willan, R. C.; Zhan, A. (2025) World Register of Introduced Marine Species (WRiMS) at: https://www.marinespecies.org/introduced/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=221258 on 2026-07-04
Costello, M. J.; Ahyong, S.; Bieler, R.; Boudouresque, C.; Desiderato, A.; Downey, R.; Galil, B. S.; Gollasch, S.; Hutchings, P.; Kamburska, L.; Katsanevakis, S.; Kupriyanova, E.; Lejeusne, C.; Ma, K. C. K.; Marchini, A.; Occhipinti, A.; Pagad, S.; Pino, L.; Poore, G. C. B.; Rewicz, T.; Rius, M.; Robinson, T. B.; Sobczyk, R.; Stępień, A.; Turon, X.; Valls Domedel, G.; Verleye, T.; Vieira, L. M.; Willan, R. C.; Zhan, A. (2026). World Register of Introduced Marine Species (WRiMS). Favella brevis Kofoid & Campbell, 1929. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/Introduced/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=221258 on 2026-07-04
Date
action
by
2000-04-04 10:37:39Z
created
2009-11-16 12:53:55Z
checked
2013-06-28 06:25:03Z
changed
2025-03-09 06:52:44Z
changed

original description Kofoid & Campbell. (1929). A conspectus of the marine and freshwater ciliata belonging to the suborder Tintinnoinea, with descriptions of new species principally from the Agassiz Expedition to the Eastern Tropical Pacific 1904-1905. , available online at http://aquaparadox.obs-vlfr.fr/html/PFD/Taxonomic%20Monographs/k&c1929.pdf
page(s): pg. 151, fig. 290; note: length given as 164 µm [details] Available for editors  PDF available

context source (Introduced species) Katsanevakis, S.; Bogucarskis, K.; Gatto, F.; Vandekerkhove, J.; Deriu, I.; Cardoso A.S. (2012). Building the European Alien Species Information Network (EASIN): a novel approach for the exploration of distributed alien species data. <em>BioInvasions Records.</em> 1: 235-245., available online at http://easin.jrc.ec.europa.eu [details] Available for editors  PDF available

basis of record Khalil, M.T. & N.S. El-Rakman. (1997). Abundance and diversity of surface zooplankton in the Gulf of Aqaba, Red Sea, Egypt. <em>Journal of Plankton Research.</em> 19(7): 927-936., available online at http://plankt.oxfordjournals.org/content/19/7/927.short [details] Available for editors  PDF available
 
 Present  Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

From editor or global species database
Taxonomic remark The species is likely a morpho-type of Favella ehrenbergii, common in the Black Sea (Gavrilova & Dolan 2007). Favella ehrenbergii is known to produce loricas of variable morphologies (Laval-Peuto 1994). [details]

From regional or thematic species database
Introduced species vector dispersal in Ukrainian part of the Black Sea (Marine Region) : Shipping [details]
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