Chonotrich
(Redirected from Chonotrichia)
| Chonotrich | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Clade: | Diaphoretickes |
| Clade: | SAR |
| Clade: | Alveolata |
| Phylum: | Ciliophora |
| Subphylum: | Intramacronucleata |
| Infraphylum: | Ventrata |
| Class: | Phyllopharyngea |
| Subclass: | Chonotrichia Wallengren, 1895 [1] |
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Chonotrichia is a subclass of phyllopharyngeid ciliates. These single-celled organisms are sessile at maturity and usually live on crustaceans as ectosymbionts.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ Alan Warren (2010). "Chonotrichia". World Ciliophora Database. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved January 23, 2011.
- ^ " Chonotrichia". The Encyclopedia of Life.
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