Philasterida

Philasterida (the philasterid ciliates) is an order of ciliates in the subclass Scuticociliatia.

Philasterida
Uronema nigricans
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Clade:	Sar
Clade:	Alveolata
Phylum:	Ciliophora
Class:	Oligohymenophorea
Subclass:	Scuticociliatia
Order:	Philasterida Small, 1967
Families
Cinetochilidae Cohnilembidae Cryptochilidae Entodiscidae Entorhipidiidae Loxocephalidae Orchitophryidae Paralembidae Parauronematidae Philasteridae Pseudocohnilembidae Schizocaryidae Thigmophryidae Thyrophylacidae Uronematidae Philasterida incertae sedis