Chonotrich

Chonotrichia is a subclass of phyllopharyngeid ciliates. These single-celled organisms are sessile at maturity and usually live on crustaceans as ectosymbionts.^[2]

Chonotrich
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Clade:	Sar
Clade:	Halvaria
Clade:	Alveolata
Phylum:	Ciliophora
Subphylum:	Intramacronucleata
Infraphylum:	Ventrata
Class:	Phyllopharyngea
Subclass:	Chonotrichia Wallengren, 1895 [1]
Orders
Cryptogemmida Exogemmida