Karyorelictea

Karyorelictea
Illustration of Loxodes rostrum
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Clade: Sar
Clade: Alveolata
Phylum: Ciliophora
Subphylum: Postciliodesmatophora
Class:
Corliss, 1974 [1]
Orders [2]

Karyorelictea is a class of ciliates in the subphylum Postciliodesmatophora. Most species are members of the microbenthos community, that is, microscopic organisms found in the marine interstitial habitat, though one genus, Loxodes, is found in freshwater.

The majority of karyorelict taxa have not been cultivated in the laboratory, although clonal lines of Loxodes have been developed.

  1. ^ WoRMS (2009). "Karyorelictea". World Ciliophora Database. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved July 21, 2010.
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference Lynn2008 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
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