''Calotheca'' is the name used for a genus of

choanoflagellate The choanoflagellates are a group of free-living unicellular and colonial flagellate eukaryotes considered to be the closest living relatives of the animals. Choanoflagellates are collared flagellates, having a funnel shaped collar of interconne ...

s in the family

Acanthoecidae Acanthoecidae is a family of choanoflagellates. Genera ''Acanthocorbis'' - '' Acanthoeca'' - '' Amoenoscopa'' - '' Apheloecion'' - '' Bicosta'' - '' Calliacantha'' - '' Calotheca'' - '' Campyloacantha'' - '' Conion'' - '' Cosmoeca'' - '' Crinoli ...

, though this name is a junior homonym of the name ''Calotheca'' Heyden, 1887, and it must be replaced under the rules of the

ICZN The International Code of Zoological Nomenclature (ICZN) is a widely accepted convention in zoology that rules the formal scientific naming of organisms treated as animals. It is also informally known as the ICZN Code, for its publisher, the I ...

. The species ''C. alata'' is from Indo-Pacific Localities.Electron Microscopical Investigations on Two Loricate Choanoflagellates (Choanoflagellida), Calotheca alata gen. et sp. nov. and Syndetophyllum pulchellum gen. et comb. nov., from Indo-Pacific Localities. H. A. Thomsen and O. Moestrup, Proceedings of the Royal Society B, 22 August 1983,

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