Urostylida

Urostylida
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Supergroup: Alveolata
Phylum: Ciliophora
Class: Spirotrichea
Subclass: Stichotrichia
Order: Urostylida
Jankowski, 1979
Families
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Urostylida is an order of littoral ciliates. The taxonomy of the order is largely unresolved and still subject to scientific inquiry.

Families

According to the Catalogue of Life, nine families are accepted within Urostylida.

References

  1. 1 2 "Urostylida Jankowksi, 1979". Catalogue of Life. Species 2000: Leiden, the Netherlands. Retrieved 28 July 2026.
  2. ↑ Yi, Zhenzhen; Song, Weibo (2011-03-08). "Evolution of the Order Urostylida (Protozoa, Ciliophora): New Hypotheses Based on Multi-Gene Information and Identification of Localized Incongruence". PLOS ONE. 6 (3) e17471. Bibcode:2011PLoSO...617471Y. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0017471. ISSN 1932-6203. PMC 3050893. PMID 21408166.
  3. ↑ Lyu, Zhao; Wang, Jingyi; Huang, Jie; Warren, Alan; Shao, Chen (2018). "Multigene-based phylogeny of Urostylida (Ciliophora, Hypotrichia), with establishment of a novel family". Zoologica Scripta. 47 (2): 243–254. doi:10.1111/zsc.12267. ISSN 1463-6409. S2CID 90453288.
  4. ↑ Adl, Sina M.; Bass, David; Lane, Christopher E.; Lukeš, Julius; Schoch, Conrad L.; Smirnov, Alexey; Agatha, Sabine; Berney, Cedric; Brown, Matthew W.; Burki, Fabien; Cárdenas, Paco (2019). "Revisions to the Classification, Nomenclature, and Diversity of Eukaryotes". The Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology. 66 (1): 4–119. doi:10.1111/jeu.12691. ISSN 1066-5234. PMC 6492006. PMID 30257078.