Katablepharis

Katablepharis
Scientific classification
Domain:
Eukaryota
(unranked):
Diaphoretickes
(unranked):
Cryptista
Class:
Katablepharidea
Order:
Katablepharida
Family:
Katablepharidae
Genus:
Katablepharis

Skuja 1939
Type species
Katablepharis phoenikoston
Skuja 1939

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]

  1. ^ "Katablepharids".
  2. ^ Clay, B; Kugrens, P (Mar 1999). "Systematics of the enigmatic kathablepharids, including EM characterization of the type species, Katablepharis phoenikoston, and new observations on K. remigera comb.nov". Protist. 150 (1): 43–59. doi:10.1016/S1434-4610(99)70008-8. ISSN 1434-4610. PMID 10724518.
  3. ^ a b Robert Edward Lee; Paul Kugrens (Dec 1992). "Relationship between the flagellates and the ciliates". Microbiological Reviews. 56 (4): 529–542. doi:10.1128/mr.56.4.529-542.1992. PMC 372886. PMID 1480107.