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Class of single-celled organisms From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Parablepharismea is a class of free-living marine and brackish anaerobic ciliates[1] that form a major clade of obligate anaerobes within the SAL group (Spirotrichea, Armophorea, and Litostomatea), together with the classes Muranotrichea and Armophorea.
Parablepharismea | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Clade: | Diaphoretickes |
Clade: | SAR |
Clade: | Alveolata |
Phylum: | Ciliophora |
Subphylum: | Intramacronucleata |
Class: | Parablepharismea Rotterová et al., 2020 |
Order: | Parablepharismida Rotterová et al., 2020 |
Family: | Parablepharismidae Campello-Nunes et al., 2020 |
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Parablepharismea are medium to large, elongated ciliates with navicular outline and holotrichous somatic ciliature composed of dikinetids without postciliodesmata.[2][1] Their oral ciliature is composed of bipartite paroral membrane and adoral zone of membranelles. They host a thick coat of prokaryotic ectosymbionts and cytoplasmic endosymbionts. They are found in micro-oxic marine to brackish habitats.
Parablepharismea may be related to the deep sea Cariacotrichea ciliates.[3][2][1]
This class contains a single order, Parablepharismida,[1] and family Parablepharismidae.[2] The genus Parablepharisma[4][5] includes five species. The genus Kahlium includes a single species K. chlamydophorum with segmented paroral area and a twisted posterior.[2]
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