Katablepharis

Katablepharis (alternative spelling Kathablepharis^[1]) is a genus of single-celled eukaryotes comprising five to six^[2] species. They are heterotrophic and live in both freshwater and seawater.^[3] They have two flagella and a feeding apparatus consisting of a mouth and two arrays of microtubules (one inside the other).^[3]

Katablepharis
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
(unranked):	Cryptista
Class:	Katablepharidea
Order:	Katablepharida
Family:	Katablepharidae
Genus:	Katablepharis Skuja 1939
Type species
Katablepharis phoenikoston Skuja 1939

Etymology

It derives its name from the Greek words κατά (kata) (downwards) and βλεφαρίς (blepharis) (eyelash).^[1]

Species

This is a partial list.

• K. japonica Okamoto & Inouye 2005^[4]
• K. obesa Barlow & Kugrens 2002
• K. tenuis Barlow & Kugrens 2002
• K. hyalurus Skuja 1939
• K. notonectoides Skuja 1948
• K. oblonga Skuja 1939
• K. ovalis Skuja 1948^[3][5]
• K. phoenikoston Skuja 1939^[2]
• K. remigera (Vørs 1992) Clay & Kugrens 1999 [Leucocryptos remigera Vørs 1992^[2]]