Hypotrich

Hypotrich

Taxobox | color = khaki
name = Hypotrichs


domain = Eukaryota
unranked_phylum = Alveolata
phylum = Ciliophora
classis = Spirotrichea
subclassis = Hypotrichia
subclassis_authority = Stein 1859 "emend."
subdivision_ranks = Typical orders
subdivision = Euplotida
KiitrichidaThe hypotrichs are a group of ciliate protozoa, included among the spirotrichs. Most are oval in shape, with a rigid pellicle, and have cirri distributed in isolated tufts on the ventral surface of the cell. Some also have dorsal cilia, which function as sensory bristles. "Euplotes" and "Aspidisca" are common genera. Like other ciliates, hypotrichs reproduce by cell division and conjugation.

The hypotrichs were first defined by Friedrich von Stein in 1859. Originally the stichotrichs, which also have cirri, were included here, but they were separated out by Small & Lynn, 1981, who placed the restricted hypotrichs among the Nassophorea because of various peculiarities in their infraciliature. More recent schemes reverse this move, and some molecular studies suggest they may be paraphyletic to the stichotrichs as currently defined.

External links

* [http://cabfst28.cnea.gov.ar/~zanette/micro/hypotrichida/ Hypotrich photographs (text in Spanish)]


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