Biology:Philasterida

Short description: Order of single-celled organisms

Philasterida
Uronema nigricans
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Clade:	Diaphoretickes
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

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

References

• Puytorac, P. (1994). "Order des Philasterida Small, 1967". Traité Zool 2 (2): 623–651. 
• "CpG-ODN increases resistance of olive flounder (Paralichthys olivaceus) against Philasterides dicentrarchi (Ciliophora: Scuticociliatia) infection". Fish Shellfish Immunol. 26 (1): 29–32. 2009. doi:10.1016/j.fsi.2008.10.001. PMID 18992348. 
• "Insights into the phylogenetic and taxonomy of philasterid ciliates (Protozoa, Ciliophora, Scuticociliatia) based on analyses of multiple molecular markers". Mol. Phylogenet. Evol. 64 (2): 308–17. 2012. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2012.04.008. PMID 22525941. 

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q19844643 entry