Ciliophora

Translingual

Stentor coeruleus

Balantidium coli

Etymology

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Proper noun

Ciliophora

A taxonomic phylum within the superphylum Alveolata – various protozoa.[1]

Synonyms

(phylum): Ciliatea (obsolete)

Hypernyms

(phylum): Eukaryota - superkingdom; Chromista - kingdom; Harosa - subkingdom; Halvaria - infrakingdom; Alveolata - superphylum[1]

Hyponyms

(phylum): Postciliodesmatophora, Intramacronucleata (subphyla)[1]
- For alternative classifications see Ciliophora on Wikispecies.Wikispecies

References

Ciliophora on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Ciliophora on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Category:Ciliophora on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

Ruggiero MA, Gordon DP, Orrell TM, Bailly N, Bourgoin T, Brusca RC, et al. (2015) A Higher Level Classification of All Living Organisms. PLoS ONE 10(4): e0119248. PMID 25923521, doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0119248

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