Postciliodesmatophora
| Postciliodesmatophora | |
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| Blepharisma hyalinum | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Clade: | Diaphoretickes |
| Clade: | SAR |
| Clade: | Alveolata |
| Phylum: | Ciliophora |
| Subphylum: | Postciliodesmatophora Gerassimova & Seravin, 1976 |
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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]- ^ 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
- ^ 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.
- ^ Corliss, John O. (1979). The Ciliated Protozoa: Characterization, Classification and Guide to the Literature. Pergamon Press. p. 198. ISBN 9781483154176.
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