| Cariacothrix | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Clade: | Sar |
| Clade: | Alveolata |
| Phylum: | Ciliophora |
| Subphylum: | Intramacronucleata |
| Class: | Cariacotrichea Orsi et al, 20111 |
| Order: | Cariacotrichida Orsi et al, 2011 |
| Family: | Cariacotrichidae Orsi et al, 2011 |
| Genus: | Cariacothrix Orsi et al, 2011 |
| Species: | C. caudata
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| Binomial name | |
| Cariacothrix caudata Orsi et al, 2011
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Cariacothrix is a genus of ciliates in the subphylum Intramacronucleata. It contains only one species, Cariacothrix caudata, and is the only genus in the monotypic family Cariacotrichidae, order Cariacotrichida, and class Cariacotrichea.
References
References
- Orsi W, Edgcomb V, Faria J, Foissner W, Fowle WH, Hohmann T, Suarez P, Taylor C, Taylor GT, Vd'acný P, Epstein SS (2012). "Class Cariacotrichea, a novel ciliate taxon from the anoxic Cariaco Basin, Venezuela". Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol. 62 (6): 1425–33. doi:10.1099/ijs.0.034710-0. PMID 21841005.