Karyorelictea
Class of protists belonging to the ciliates phylum / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Karyorelictea is a class of ciliates in the subphylum Postciliodesmatophora. Most species are members of the microbenthos community, that is, microscopic organisms found in the marine interstitial habitat, though one genus, Loxodes, is found in freshwater.
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Karyorelictea | |
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Illustration of Loxodes rostrum | |
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Clade: | Diaphoretickes |
Clade: | SAR |
Clade: | Alveolata |
Phylum: | Ciliophora |
Subphylum: | Postciliodesmatophora |
Class: | Karyorelictea Corliss, 1974 [1] |
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The majority of karyorelict taxa have not been cultivated in the laboratory, although clonal lines of Loxodes have been developed.