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Pleuronematida

Pleuronematida is an order of predominantly free-living ciliates in the subclass Scuticociliatia.

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Pleuronematida
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Clade: Sar
Clade: Alveolata
Phylum: Ciliophora
Class: Oligohymenophorea
Subclass: Scuticociliatia
Order: Pleuronematida
Fauré-Fremiet in Corliss, 1956
Families
  • Calyptotrichidae Small & Lynn, 1985
  • Ctedoctematidae Small & Lynn, 1985
  • Cyclidiidae Ehrenberg, 1838
  • Dragescoidae Jankowksi, 1980
  • Histiobalantiidae de Puytorac & Corliss in Corliss, 1979
  • Peniculistomatidae Fenchel, 1965
  • Pleuronematidae Kent, 1881

Pleuronematida is an order of predominantly free-living ciliates in the subclass Scuticociliatia.1

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References

  1. Scott, F.J.; Marchant, H.J., eds. (2005). Antarctic marine protists. Australian Biological Resources Study: Canberra. ISBN 0-642-56835-9.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: publisher location (link)
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