Vorticellidae
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Clade: Diaphoretickes
Clade: SAR
Clade: Alveolata
Phylum: Ciliophora
Class: Oligohymenophorea
Order: Sessilida
Family: Vorticellidae
Ehrenberg, 1838

Vorticellidae is a family of ciliates belonging to the order Sessilida.[1] They are colonial or unicellular organisms that are attached to a substrate via a stalk. The distinguishing characteristic of the family is a helical spasmoneme within the stalk that is contractile.[2]

Members of this family are common in marine, freshwater, and terrestrial habitats around the world.[2]

Genera

Genera:[1][3]

  • Anthochloe Joseph, 1882
  • Apocarchesium Ji & Kusuoka, 2009
  • Baikalaster Jankowski, 1986
  • Baikalonis Jankowski, 1982
  • Carchesium Ehrenberg, 1831
  • Cotensita Jankowski, 1982
  • Epicarchesium Jankowski, 1985
  • Intranstylum Fauré-Fremiet, 1904
  • Parazoothamnium Piesik, 1975
  • Pelagovorticella Jankowski, 1980
  • Piesika Warren, 1988
  • Planeticovorticella Clamp & Coats, 2000
  • Pseudovorticella Foissner & Schiffmann, 1975
  • Rugaecaulis Lom & de Puytorac, 1994
  • Ruthiella Schödel, 1983
  • Spinivorticella Jankowski, 1993
  • Tucolesca  Lom in Corliss, 1979
  • Vorticella Linnaeus, 1767
  • Vorticellides Foissner, Blake, Wolf, Breiner & Stoeck, 2009

References

  1. 1 2 "Vorticellidae". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 27 June 2021.
  2. 1 2 Sun, Ping; Clamp, John C.; Xu, Dapeng; Kusuoka, Yasushi; Hori, Manabu (2011). "Molecular phylogeny of the family Vorticellidae (Ciliophora, Peritrichia) using combined datasets with a special emphasis on the three morphologically similar genera Carchesium, Epicarchesium and Apocarchesium". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 61 (4): 1001–1010. doi:10.1099/ijs.0.020255-0. PMID 20495029.
  3. ↑ Lynn, Denis H., ed. (2008), "The Ciliate Taxa Including Families and Genera", The Ciliated Protozoa: Characterization, Classification, and Guide to the Literature, Dordrecht: Springer Netherlands, p. 433, doi:10.1007/978-1-4020-8239-9_17, ISBN 978-1-4020-8239-9, retrieved 2023-08-22
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