lacrymaria (ciliate) lacrymaria (ciliate) lacrymaria is a genus of ciliates. its best known species is the "tear of swan", lacrymaria olor. lacrymaria lacrymaria olor scientific classification domain: eukaryota (unranked): sar phylum: ciliophora class: litostomatea family: lacrymariidae genus: lacrymaria species see text 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