Vorticellidae

Vorticellidae
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Clade:	Diaphoretickes
Clade:	SAR
Clade:	Alveolata
Phylum:	Ciliophora
Class:	Oligohymenophorea
Order:	Sessilida
Family:	Vorticellidae; Ehrenberg, 1838

Vorticellidae is a family of ciliates belonging to the order Sessilida.^[1] They are colonial or unicellular organisms that are attached to a substrate via a stalk. The distinguishing characteristic of the family is a helical spasmoneme within the stalk that is contractile.^[2]

Members of this family are common in marine, freshwater, and terrestrial habitats around the world.^[2]

Genera

Genera:^[1]^[3]

Anthochloe Joseph, 1882
Apocarchesium Ji & Kusuoka, 2009
Baikalaster Jankowski, 1986
Baikalonis Jankowski, 1982
Carchesium Ehrenberg, 1831
Cotensita Jankowski, 1982
Epicarchesium Jankowski, 1985
Intranstylum Fauré-Fremiet, 1904
Parazoothamnium Piesik, 1975
Pelagovorticella Jankowski, 1980
Piesika Warren, 1988
Planeticovorticella Clamp & Coats, 2000
Pseudovorticella Foissner & Schiffmann, 1975
Rugaecaulis Lom & de Puytorac, 1994
Ruthiella Schödel, 1983
Spinivorticella Jankowski, 1993
Tucolesca Lom in Corliss, 1979
Vorticella Linnaeus, 1767
Vorticellides Foissner, Blake, Wolf, Breiner & Stoeck, 2009

References

^ ^a ^b "Vorticellidae". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 27 June 2021.
^ ^a ^b Sun, Ping; Clamp, John C.; Xu, Dapeng; Kusuoka, Yasushi; Hori, Manabu (2011). "Molecular phylogeny of the family Vorticellidae (Ciliophora, Peritrichia) using combined datasets with a special emphasis on the three morphologically similar genera Carchesium, Epicarchesium and Apocarchesium". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 61 (4): 1001–1010. doi:10.1099/ijs.0.020255-0. PMID 20495029.
^ Lynn, Denis H., ed. (2008), "The Ciliate Taxa Including Families and Genera", The Ciliated Protozoa: Characterization, Classification, and Guide to the Literature, Dordrecht: Springer Netherlands, p. 433, doi:10.1007/978-1-4020-8239-9_17, ISBN 978-1-4020-8239-9, retrieved 2023-08-22

[GBIF-1] "Vorticellidae". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 27 June 2021.

[Sun-2] Sun, Ping; Clamp, John C.; Xu, Dapeng; Kusuoka, Yasushi; Hori, Manabu (2011). "Molecular phylogeny of the family Vorticellidae (Ciliophora, Peritrichia) using combined datasets with a special emphasis on the three morphologically similar genera Carchesium, Epicarchesium and Apocarchesium". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 61 (4): 1001–1010. doi:10.1099/ijs.0.020255-0. PMID 20495029.

[3] Lynn, Denis H., ed. (2008), "The Ciliate Taxa Including Families and Genera", The Ciliated Protozoa: Characterization, Classification, and Guide to the Literature, Dordrecht: Springer Netherlands, p. 433, doi:10.1007/978-1-4020-8239-9_17, ISBN 978-1-4020-8239-9, retrieved 2023-08-22

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