Coleps

Coleps
Coleps sp.
Scientific classification
Domain:
Eukaryota
(unranked):
SAR
(unranked):
Alveolata
Phylum:
Ciliophora
Class:
Prostomatea
Order:
Prorodontida
Family:
Colepidae
Genus:
Coleps

Nitzsch, 1827[1]

Coleps is a genus of ciliates in the class Prostomatea with barrel-shaped bodies surrounded by regularly arranged plates composed of calcium carbonate.[2]

  1. ^ In Allgemeine Encyclopädie (Ersch-Gruber), 1827
  2. ^ Carey, Philip G. (1992). Marine Interstitial Ciliates : An Illustrated Key. London; New York: Chapman Hall. pp. 44–47. ISBN 0-412-40610-1.
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