Folliculina ampulla
(a spirotrich ciliate)

Interactions where Folliculina ampulla is the dominant partner and gains from the process

The following relationships have been collated from the published literature (see 'Interaction References').

Stage		Summary			Taxon	Vernacular	Classification	References	Darwin Classification of Active Taxon	Active Taxon	Active Vernacular	Active Taxon Uncertain	Active State	Active Part	Active Stage	Relationship	Relationship Uncertain	Relationship Geography	Darwin Classification of Passive Taxon	Passive Taxon	Passive Vernacular	Passive Taxon Uncertain	Passive State	Passive Part	Passive Stage	Passive Taxon's significance to Active Taxon	Indoors etc	Season
		lives on tube			Spirorbis	a genus of polychaete worms	Sabellida: Serpulidae	Serpulid Tubeworms (Polychaeta Serpulidae) around Dale, Pembrokeshire, Nelson-Smith A. & Gee, J.M., 1966	/Chromista/Ciliophora/Heterotrichea/Heterotrichida/Folliculinidae/Folliculina ampulla/	Folliculina ampulla	a spirotrich ciliate					Animal / epizoite		UK and/or Eire	/Animalia/Annelida/Polychaeta/Sabellida/Serpulidae/Spirorbis/	Spirorbis	a genus of polychaete worms			tube
		lives on tube			Spirorbis spirorbis	a polychaete worm	Sabellida: Serpulidae	Serpulid Tubeworms (Polychaeta Serpulidae) around Dale, Pembrokeshire, Nelson-Smith A. & Gee, J.M., 1966	/Chromista/Ciliophora/Heterotrichea/Heterotrichida/Folliculinidae/Folliculina ampulla/	Folliculina ampulla	a spirotrich ciliate					Animal / epizoite		UK and/or Eire	/Animalia/Annelida/Polychaeta/Sabellida/Serpulidae/Spirorbis (Spirorbis) spirorbis/	Spirorbis (Spirorbis) spirorbis	a polychaete worm			tube
		lives on tube			Spirorbis malardi	a polychaete worm	Sabellida: Serpulidae	Serpulid Tubeworms (Polychaeta Serpulidae) around Dale, Pembrokeshire, Nelson-Smith A. & Gee, J.M., 1966	/Chromista/Ciliophora/Heterotrichea/Heterotrichida/Folliculinidae/Folliculina ampulla/	Folliculina ampulla	a spirotrich ciliate					Animal / epizoite		UK and/or Eire	/Animalia/Annelida/Polychaeta/Sabellida/Serpulidae/Spirorbis malardi/	Spirorbis malardi	a polychaete worm			tube

Author & Year	Title	Source
Nelson-Smith A. & Gee, J.M., 1966	Serpulid Tubeworms (Polychaeta Serpulidae) around Dale, Pembrokeshire	Field Studies 2(3): 331-357.

Folliculina ampulla (a spirotrich ciliate) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

CHROMISTA
(algae)

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Species	Folliculina ampulla (a spirotrich ciliate)
Family	FOLLICULINIDAE (a family of protozoans)
Order	HETEROTRICHIDA (an order of protozoans)
Class	HETEROTRICHEA (a class of protozoans)
Phylum	CILIOPHORA (ciliate protozoans)
Kingdom	CHROMISTA (algae)
Domain	Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
Life	BIOTA (living things)

Folliculina ampulla is also a member of:
Lower Plants - lower plants (via Chromista)

Folliculina ampulla (a spirotrich ciliate) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

CILIOPHORA
(ciliate protozoans)

CHROMISTA
(algae)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Folliculina ampulla (a spirotrich ciliate):

CILIOPHORA
(ciliate protozoans)

CHROMISTA
(algae)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

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