Biology:Philasteridae

Short description: Family of single-celled organisms

Philasteridae
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Clade:	Diaphoretickes
Clade:	SAR
Clade:	Alveolata
Phylum:	Ciliophora
Class:	Oligohymenophorea
Order:	Philasterida
Family:	Philasteridae Kahl, 1931
Genera
Helicostoma Cohn, 1866 Madsenia Kahl, 1934 Philaster (genus) (ia) Fabre-Domergue, 1885 Philasterides Kahl, 1931 Porpostoma Moebius, 1888

Philasteridae is a family of ciliates in the order Philasterida.

Further reading

• 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 ☰ Q23196943 entry