Euplotidium

Euplotidium is a genus of ciliates. Species form symbiotic relations with bacteria in structures named Epixenosomes.^[3][4]

Euplotidium
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
(unranked):	SAR
(unranked):	Alveolata
Phylum:	Ciliophora
Class:	Spirotrichea
Subclass:	Hypotrichia
Order:	Euplotida
Suborder:	Euplotina
Family:	Gastrocirrhidae
Genus:	Euplotidium Noland, 1937[1]
Species
Euplotidium itoi Euplotidium prosaltans Tuffrau, 1985[2]