Katablepharis
Katablepharis (alternative spelling Kathablepharis[1]) is a genus of single-celled eukaryotes comprising five to six[2] species. They are heterotrophic and live in both freshwater and seawater.[3] They have two flagella and a feeding apparatus consisting of a mouth and two arrays of microtubules (one inside the other).[3]
Etymology
It derives its name from the Greek words κατά (kata) (downwards) and βλεφαρίς (blepharis) (eyelash).[4]
Species
This is a partial list.
References
- ^ http://tolweb.org/Katablepharids/2413
- ^ a b c Clay, B; Kugrens, P (Mar 1999). "Systematics of the enigmatic kathablepharids, including EM characterization of the type species, Katablepharis phoenikoston, and new observations on K. remigera comb.nov". Protist 150 (1): 43–59. doi:10.1016/S1434-4610(99)70008-8. ISSN 1434-4610. PMID 10724518.
- ^ a b c Robert Edward Lee and Paul Kugrens (Dec. 1992). "Relationship between the flagellates and the ciliates". Microbiological Reviews 56 (4): 529–542. PMC 372886. PMID 1480107. http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?tool=pmcentrez&artid=372886.
- ^ http://tolweb.org/Katablepharids/2413
- ^ Okamoto, N; Inouye, I (Aug 2005). "The katablepharids are a distant sister group of the Cryptophyta: A proposal for Katablepharidophyta divisio nova/ Kathablepharida phylum novum based on SSU rDNA and beta-tubulin phylogeny". Protist 156 (2): 163–79. doi:10.1016/j.protis.2004.12.003. ISSN 1434-4610. PMID 16171184.
- ^ Lee, Robert Edward; Kugrens, Paul (1991). "KATABLEPHARIS OVALIS, A COLORLESS FLAGELLATE WITH INTERESTING CYTOLOGICAL CHARACTERISTICS1". Journal of Phycology 27 (4): 505. doi:10.1111/j.0022-3646.1991.00505.x.