| Philasterides | |
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| Philasterides dicentrarchi | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Clade: | Sar |
| Clade: | Alveolata |
| Phylum: | Ciliophora |
| Class: | Oligohymenophorea |
| Order: | Philasterida |
| Family: | Philasteridae |
| Genus: | Philasterides Kahl, 1931 |
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Philasterides is a genus of ciliates in the order Philasteridae.1
The species P. dicentrarchi was previously considered a junior synonym of Miamiensis avidus.2 However, recent physiological and molecular studies have shown that P. dicentrarchi and M. avidus are different species.3
References
References
- "Philasterides". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 2 March 2020.
- Jung S J, Kitamura SI, Song JY, Oh MJ (2007). Miamiensis avidus (Ciliophora: Scuticociliatida) causes systemic infection of olive flounder Paralichthys olivaceus and is a senior synonym of Philasterides dicentrarchi. Diseases of Aquatic Organisms 73: 227–234. doi: 10.3354/dao073227
- D Felipe AP, Lamas J, Sueiro RA, Folgueira I, Leiro JM (2017). New data on flatfish scuticociliatosis reveal that Miamiensis avidus and Philasterides dicentrarchi are different species. Parasitology 29: 1-18. doi: 10.1017/S0031182017000749