''Lacrymaria'' is a

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s. Its best known species is the "Tear of Swan", '' Lacrymaria olor''.Lacrymaria
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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

References

Ciliate genera Litostomatea {{Ciliate-stub