Cariacotrichea

<i>Cariacothrix</i>

Cariacothrix

Monotypic class of ciliate

Cariacothrix is a genus of ciliates in the subphylum Intramacronucleata. It contains only one species, Cariacothrix caudata, and is the only genus in the monotypic family Cariacotrichidae, order Cariacotrichida, and class Cariacotrichea.

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References

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    Orsi W, Edgcomb V, Faria J, Foissner W, Fowle WH, Hohmann T, Suarez P, Taylor C, Taylor GT, Vd'acný P, Epstein SS (2012). "Class Cariacotrichea, a novel ciliate taxon from the anoxic Cariaco Basin, Venezuela". Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol. 62 (6): 1425–33. doi:10.1099/ijs.0.034710-0. PMID 21841005.


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