Urceolus alenizini
| Urceolus alenizini | |
|---|---|
| Illustration of U. alenizini by Mereschkowsky (1879) | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Clade: | Discoba |
| Phylum: | Euglenozoa |
| Class: | Euglenida |
| Order: | Peranemida |
| Family: | Peranemidae |
| Genus: | Urceolus |
| Species: | U. alenizini |
| Binomial name | |
| Urceolus alenizini Mereschkowsky, 1877 | |
Urceolus alenizini (alternatively spelt alenitzini or alenizinii) is a species of flagellates. It was described by Konstantin Mereschkowsky in 1877 as the type species of the genus Urceolus. It is a rare species only recorded by its author once in the White Sea, in northern Russia. It is distinguished by other members of the genus by the lack of spiral stripes in its cell surface.