Stichotrich

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name = Stichotrichs


image_caption = Stichotrich
domain = Eukaryota
unranked_phylum = Alveolata
phylum = Ciliophora
classis = Spirotrichea
subclassis = Stichotrichia
subclassis_authority = Small & Lynn 1985
subdivision_ranks = Typical orders
subdivision = Urostylida
Stichotrichida
Sporadotrichida
PlagiotomidaThe stichotrichs are a group of ciliate protozoa, included among the spirotrichs. Like the hypotrichs, with which they were originally classified, they have body cilia fused into cirri, but these are mostly arranged into rows, running along the ventral surface or edges of the cell. Most stichotrichs are flattened and reasonably flexible. "Stylonychia" and "Oxytricha" are representative genera. Some evidence suggests that the hypotrichs may be paraphyletic to them, and that they in turn may be paraphyletic to the oligotrichs.

External links

* [http://www.uga.edu/protozoa/portal/stich_molec_bio.html Stichotrich information]