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Philasteridae

Philasteridae is a family of ciliates in the order Philasterida.

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Philasteridae
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Clade: Sar
Clade: Alveolata
Phylum: Ciliophora
Class: Oligohymenophorea
Order: Philasterida
Family: Philasteridae
Kahl, 1931
Genera
  • Helicostoma Cohn, 1866
  • Madsenia Kahl, 1934
  • Philaster Fabre-Domergue, 1885
  • Philasterides Kahl, 1931
  • Porpostoma Moebius, 1888

Philasteridae is a family of ciliates in the order Philasterida.1

References

References

  1. "Philasteridae". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 2 March 2020.
Further reading

Further reading

  • Puytorac, P. (1994). "Order des Philasterida Small, 1967". Traité Zool. 2 (2): 623–651.
  • Lee EH, Kim KH (2009). "CpG-ODN increases resistance of olive flounder (Paralichthys olivaceus) against Philasterides dicentrarchi (Ciliophora: Scuticociliatia) infection". Fish Shellfish Immunol. 26 (1): 29–32. doi:10.1016/j.fsi.2008.10.001. PMID 18992348.
  • Gao F, Katz LA, Song W (2012). "Insights into the phylogenetic and taxonomy of philasterid ciliates (Protozoa, Ciliophora, Scuticociliatia) based on analyses of multiple molecular markers". Mol. Phylogenet. Evol. 64 (2): 308–17. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2012.04.008. PMID 22525941.
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