Kathablepharis
Genus of single-celled organisms
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Kathablepharis (alternative spelling Katablepharis[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]
| Kathablepharis | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Clade: | Pancryptista |
| Phylum: | Cryptista |
| Class: | Leucocryptea |
| Order: | Kathablepharidida |
| Family: | Kathablepharididae |
| Genus: | Kathablepharis Skuja 1939 |
| Type species | |
| Katablepharis phoenikoston Skuja 1939 | |
Etymology
Species
This is a partial list.
- K. japonica Okamoto & Inouye 2005[4]
- K. obesa Barlow & Kugrens 2002
- K. tenuis Barlow & Kugrens 2002
- K. hyalurus Skuja 1939
- K. notonectoides Skuja 1948
- K. oblonga Skuja 1939
- K. ovalis Skuja 1948[3][5]
- K. phoenikoston Skuja 1939[2]
- K. remigera (Vørs 1992) Clay & Kugrens 1999 [Leucocryptos remigera Vørs 1992[2]]
