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Prostomatea

Prostomatea is a class of ciliates. It includes the genera Coleps and Pelagothrix.

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Prostomatea
Coleps
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Domain: Eukaryota
Clade: Sar
Clade: Alveolata
Phylum: Ciliophora
Subphylum: Intramacronucleata
Infraphylum: Ventrata
Class: Prostomatea
Orders1

Prostomatea is a class of ciliates.2 It includes the genera Coleps3 and Pelagothrix.

References

References

  1. WoRMS (2024). "Prostomatea". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 27 April 2024.
  2. Kim JS, Jeong HJ, Lynn DH, Park JY, Lim YW, Shin W (2007). "Balanion masanensis n. sp. (Ciliophora: Prostomatea) from the coastal waters of Korea: morphology and small subunit ribosomal RNA gene sequence". Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology. 54 (6): 482–94. doi:10.1111/j.1550-7408.2007.00290.x. PMID 18070326. S2CID 4647139.
  3. Rudberg P, Sand O (February 2000). "Bistable membrane potential of the ciliate Coleps hirtus". The Journal of Experimental Biology. 203 (Pt 4): 757–64. doi:10.1242/jeb.203.4.757. PMID 10648217.
Further reading

Further reading

Zhang, Qianqian; Yi, Zhenzhen; Fan, Xinpeng; Warren, Alan (January 2014). "Further insights into the phylogeny of two ciliate classes Nassophorea and Prostomatea (Protista, Ciliophora)". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 70: 162–170. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2013.09.015. PMID 24075983.