Postciliodesmatophora

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Postciliodesmatophora
"Blepharisma hyalinum"
Blepharisma hyalinum
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Clade: Diaphoretickes
Clade: SAR
Clade: Alveolata
Phylum: Ciliophora
Subphylum: Postciliodesmatophora
Gerassimova & Seravin, 1976
Classes
Synonyms[1]

Polyhymenophora

Postciliodesmatophora is a subphylum of ciliates, comprising the classes Heterotrichea and Karyorelictea.[2]

Members of this subphylum are characterized by postciliodesmata (singular: postciliodesma), stacks of postciliary microtubular ribbons associated with the somatic kinetosomes.[3]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Warren, A. (2019). World Ciliophora Database. Postciliodesmatophora. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=164019 on 2019-01-07
  2. ^ Gerassimova, Z. P.; Seravin, L. N. (1976). "Ectoplasmic fibrillar system of Infusoria and its role for the understanding of their phylogeny". Zool. Zh. 55: 645–656.
  3. ^ Corliss, John O. (1979). The Ciliated Protozoa: Characterization, Classification and Guide to the Literature. Pergamon Press. p. 198. ISBN 9781483154176.