Trichodinidae

Trichodinidae

Scanning electron micrograph of Trichodina on the gills of a mullet
Scientific classification
(unranked):	SAR
(unranked):	Alveolata
Phylum:	Ciliophora
Subphylum:	Intramacronucleata
Class:	Oligohymenophorea
Subclass:	Peritrichia
Order:	Mobilida
Family:	Trichodinidae Claus, 1951

Trichodinidae is a family of ciliates of the order Mobilida, class Oligohymenophorea. Members of the family are ectoparasites (or, alternatively, ectocommensals) of a wide variety of aquatic organisms, including fish, amphibians, hydrozoans, molluscs and crustaceans.^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]

Genera

The family consists of four genera.

↑ van As, J.G.; Basson, Linda. "A new species of Trichodina (Ciliophora: Peritricha) from a limnocnidid medusa in the Zambezi system". South African Journal of Zoology. 21 (1): 76–78. doi:10.1080/02541858.1986.11447961.
↑ Xu, Kuidong; Song, Weibo (2008-01-01). "Two trichodinid ectoparasites from marine molluscs in the Yellow Sea, off China, with the description of Trichodina caecellae n. sp. (Protozoa: Ciliophora: Peritrichia)". Systematic Parasitology. 69 (1): 1–11. ISSN 0165-5752. PMID 18030597. doi:10.1007/s11230-007-9094-6.
↑ Diller, William F. (1928-12-01). "Binary fission and endomixis in the Trichodina from tadpoles (Protozoa, Ciliata)". Journal of Morphology. 46 (2): 521–561. ISSN 1097-4687. doi:10.1002/jmor.1050460206.
↑ Green, John D.; Shiel, Russell J. "Mobiline peritrich riders on Australian calanoid copepods". Hydrobiologia. 437 (1-3): 203–212. ISSN 0018-8158. doi:10.1023/A:1026567210125.

Parker, S.P. (Ed.) (1982). Synopsis and classification of living organisms. McGraw Hill Book Company: New York, NY (USA). ISBN 0-07-079031-0. 1166, 1232 pp.

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