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Genus: | Katablepharis Skuja 1939
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Katablepharis phoenikoston Skuja 1939
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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]