Kathablepharis

Kathablepharis
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Clade:	Pancryptista
Phylum:	Cryptista
Class:	Leucocryptea
Order:	Kathablepharidida
Family:	Kathablepharididae
Genus:	Kathablepharis Skuja 1939
Type species
Katablepharis phoenikoston Skuja 1939

Kathablepharis (alternative spelling Katablepharis ^[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]

Etymology

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

Species

This is a partial list.

• K. japonica Okamoto & Inouye 2005 ^[4]
• K. obesa Barlow & Kugrens 2002
• K. tenuis Barlow & Kugrens 2002
• K. hyalurus Skuja 1939
• K. notonectoides Skuja 1948
• K. oblonga Skuja 1939
• K. ovalis Skuja 1948 ^{[3] [5]}
• K. phoenikoston Skuja 1939 ^[2]
• K. remigera (Vørs 1992) Clay & Kugrens 1999 [Leucocryptos remigeraVørs 1992 ^[2] ]

References

1. "Katablepharids".
2. 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. 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.