Avelia
Genus of protists in the ciliates phylum / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
This article is about a unicellular organism. For the high-speed train, see Avelia.
Avelia is a genus of karyorelict ciliates belonging to the family Geleiidae.[1][2]
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Clade: | Diaphoretickes |
Clade: | SAR |
Clade: | Alveolata |
Phylum: | Ciliophora |
Subphylum: | Postciliodesmatophora |
Class: | Karyorelictea |
Order: | Protoheterotrichida |
Family: | Geleiidae |
Genus: | Avelia Nouzarède, 1977 |
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The genus name is a taxonomic patronyms honoring Marcel Avel (1900–1983; professor of anatomy),[3] with slight modification into the nomen novum Avelia to avoid a taxonomic homonymy with the moth genus Avela.[1]