# Colpidium

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{{Short description|Genus of protozoan}}

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| image = Colpidium colpoda - 160x (9001031120).jpg
| image_caption = ''[Colpidium colpoda](/source/Colpidium_colpoda)''
| taxon = Colpidium
| authority = 
| subdivision_ranks = Species
| subdivision = * ''[Colpidium campylum](/source/Colpidium_campylum)'' <small>Stokes</small>
* ''[Colpidium colpoda](/source/Colpidium_colpoda)'' <small>(Ehr.)</small>
}}

'''''Colpidium''''' is a genus of [ciliate](/source/ciliate)s.<ref name="ITIS">{{ITIS|id=46394|taxon=''Colpidium''}}</ref><ref name="Ganner and Foissner in 1989">{{cite journal |last1=Ganner |first1=B. |last2=Foissner |first2=W. |date=1989 |title=Taxonomy and ecology of some ciliates (Protozo, Ciliophora) of the saprobic system. III. Revision of the genera ''Colpidium'' and ''Dexiostoma'', and establishment of a new genus, ''Paracolpidium'' nov. gen. |journal=Hydrobiologia |volume=182 |issue=3 |pages=181–218 |doi=10.1007/BF00007515 |s2cid=26687052}}</ref>

== References ==
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== Further reading ==

* {{cite journal |last1=Foissner |first1=W. |last2=Berger |first2=H. |year=1996 |title=A user‐friendly guide to the ciliates (Protozoa, Ciliophora) commonly used by hydrobiologists as bioindicators in rivers, lakes, and waste waters, with notes on their ecology |journal=Freshwater Biology |volume=35 |issue=2 |pages=375–482 |doi=10.1111/j.1365-2427.1996.tb01775.x}}
* {{cite journal |last1=Foissner |first1=W |year=2006 |title=Biogeography and dispersal of micro-organisms: a review emphasizing protists |journal=Acta Protozoologica |volume=45 |issue=2 |pages=111–136 |url=http://www.wfoissner.at/data_prot/Foissner_2006_111_136.pdf}}

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Category:Oligohymenophorea
Category:Ciliate genera

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