Katablepharis

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Katablepharis
Scientific classification
Domain:
Eukaryota
(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]

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Etymology

It derives its name from the Greek words κατά (kata) (downwards) and βλεφαρίς (blepharis) (eyelash). [1]

Species

This is a partial list.

References

  1. 1 2 "Katablepharids".
  2. 1 2 3 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. 1 2 3 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.
  4. ↑ Okamoto, N; Inouye, I (Aug 2005). "The katablepharids are a distant sister group of the Cryptophyta: A proposal for Katablepharidophyta divisio nova/ Kathablepharida phylum novum based on SSU rDNA and beta-tubulin phylogeny". Protist. 156 (2): 163–79. doi: 10.1016/j.protis.2004.12.003 . ISSN   1434-4610. PMID   16171184.
  5. ↑ Lee, Robert Edward; Kugrens, Paul (1991). "Katablepharis Ovalis, A Colorless Flagellate with Interesting Cytological Characteristics1". Journal of Phycology. 27 (4): 505–513. doi:10.1111/j.0022-3646.1991.00505.x. S2CID   86184221.