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