Sessilida

Sessilida
Zoothamnium niveum
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Clade:	Diaphoretickes
Clade:	Sar
Clade:	Alveolata
Phylum:	Ciliophora
Class:	Oligohymenophorea
Subclass:	Peritrichia
Order:	Sessilida Stein, 1833
Families
Ellobiophryidae Epistylididae Lagenophryidae Operculariidae Rovinjellidae Scyphidiidae Vaginicolidae Vorticellidae Zoothamniidae

Sessilida is the largest order of the peritrich ciliates. ^{[1] [2]}

List of families

• Ellobiophryidae
• Epistylididae
• Lagenophryidae
• Operculariidae
• Rovinjellidae
• Scyphidiidae
• Vaginicolidae
• Vorticellidae
• Zoothamniidae

References

1. Wang, Zhe; Feng, Xiaoting; Li, Lifang; Al-Rasheid, Khaled A. S.; Warren, Alan; Wang, Chundi; Gu, Zemao (2022-11-24). "New considerations on the phylogeny of Sessilida (Protista: Ciliophora: Peritrichia) based on multiple-gene information, with emphasis on colonial taxa". Marine Life Science & Technology. 4 (4): 569–583. doi:10.1007/s42995-022-00155-w. ISSN   2662-1746. PMC   10077168 . PMID   37078081.
2. Lu, Borong; Hu, Xiaozhong; Warren, Alan; Song, Weibo; Yan, Ying (July 2023). "From oral structure to molecular evidence: new insights into the evolutionary phylogeny of the ciliate order Sessilida (Protista, Ciliophora), with the establishment of two new families and new contributions to the poorly studied family Vaginicolidae". Science China Life Sciences. 66 (7): 1535–1553. doi: 10.1007/s11427-022-2268-2 . ISSN   1674-7305.

External links

• Data related to Sessilida at Wikispecies