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Scientific classification 
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| 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]
- ^ "Vorticellidae". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 27 June 2021.
- ^ 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.