Philasteridae

Philasteridae
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Supergroup:	Alveolata
Phylum:	Ciliophora
Class:	Oligohymenophorea
Order:	Philasterida
Family:	Philasteridae; Kahl, 1931
Genera
	Helicostoma Cohn, 1866; Madsenia Kahl, 1934; Philaster [ia] Fabre-Domergue, 1885; Philasterides Kahl, 1931; Porpostoma Moebius, 1888;

Philasteridae is a family of ciliates in the order Philasterida.

References

Puytorac, P. (1994). "Order des Philasterida Small, 1967". Traité Zool. 2 (2): 623–651.
Lee EH, Kim KH (2009). "CpG-ODN increases resistance of olive flounder (Paralichthys olivaceus) against Philasterides dicentrarchi (Ciliophora: Scuticociliatia) infection". Fish Shellfish Immunol. 26 (1): 29–32. doi:10.1016/j.fsi.2008.10.001. PMID 18992348.
Gao F, Katz LA, Song W (2012). "Insights into the phylogenetic and taxonomy of philasterid ciliates (Protozoa, Ciliophora, Scuticociliatia) based on analyses of multiple molecular markers". Mol. Phylogenet. Evol. 64 (2): 308–17. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2012.04.008. PMID 22525941.

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