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Vorticellidae

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Vorticellidae
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Clade: Diaphoretickes
Clade: SAR
Clade: Alveolata
Phylum: Ciliophora
Class: Oligohymenophorea
Order: Sessilida
Family: Vorticellidae
Ehrenberg, 1838

Vorticellidae is a family of ciliates belonging to the order Sessilida.[1] They are colonial or unicellular organisms that are attached to a substrate via a stalk. The distinguishing characteristic of the family is a helical spasmoneme within the stalk that is contractile.[2]

Members of this family are common in marine, freshwater, and terrestrial habitats around the world.[2]

Genera

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Genera:[1][3]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Vorticellidae". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 27 June 2021.
  2. ^ a b Sun, Ping; Clamp, John C.; Xu, Dapeng; Kusuoka, Yasushi; Hori, Manabu (2011). "Molecular phylogeny of the family Vorticellidae (Ciliophora, Peritrichia) using combined datasets with a special emphasis on the three morphologically similar genera Carchesium, Epicarchesium and Apocarchesium". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 61 (4): 1001–1010. doi:10.1099/ijs.0.020255-0. PMID 20495029.
  3. ^ Lynn, Denis H., ed. (2008), "The Ciliate Taxa Including Families and Genera", The Ciliated Protozoa: Characterization, Classification, and Guide to the Literature, Dordrecht: Springer Netherlands, p. 433, doi:10.1007/978-1-4020-8239-9_17, ISBN 978-1-4020-8239-9, retrieved 2023-08-22