Prostomatea

Prostomatea
Coleps
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Clade:	Sar
Clade:	Alveolata
Phylum:	Ciliophora
Subphylum:	Intramacronucleata
Infraphylum:	Ventrata
Class:	Prostomatea
Orders [1]
Prorodontida Prostomatida

Prostomatea is a class of ciliates. ^[2] It includes the genera Coleps ^[3] and Pelagothrix .

References

1. WoRMS (2024). "Prostomatea". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species . Retrieved 27 April 2024.
2. Kim JS, Jeong HJ, Lynn DH, Park JY, Lim YW, Shin W (2007). "Balanion masanensis n. sp. (Ciliophora: Prostomatea) from the coastal waters of Korea: morphology and small subunit ribosomal RNA gene sequence". Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology . 54 (6): 482–94. doi:10.1111/j.1550-7408.2007.00290.x. PMID   18070326. S2CID   4647139.
3. Rudberg P, Sand O (February 2000). "Bistable membrane potential of the ciliate Coleps hirtus" . The Journal of Experimental Biology . 203 (Pt 4): 757–64. doi:10.1242/jeb.203.4.757. PMID   10648217.

Further reading

Zhang, Qianqian; Yi, Zhenzhen; Fan, Xinpeng; Warren, Alan (January 2014). "Further insights into the phylogeny of two ciliate classes Nassophorea and Prostomatea (Protista, Ciliophora)" . Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 70: 162–170. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2013.09.015. PMID   24075983.