Parablepharismea
Class of single-celled organisms
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Parablepharismea is a class of free-living marine and brackish anaerobic ciliates[1] that form a major clade of obligate anaerobes within the SAL group (Spirotrichea, Armophorea, and Litostomatea), together with the classes Muranotrichea and Armophorea.
| Parablepharismea | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Clade: | Sar |
| Clade: | Alveolata |
| Phylum: | Ciliophora |
| Subphylum: | Intramacronucleata |
| Class: | Parablepharismea Rotterová et al., 2020 |
| Order: | Parablepharismida Rotterová et al., 2020 |
| Family: | Parablepharismidae Campello-Nunes et al., 2020 |
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Parablepharismea are medium to large, elongated ciliates with navicular outline and holotrichous somatic ciliature composed of dikinetids without postciliodesmata.[2][1] Their oral ciliature is composed of bipartite paroral membrane and adoral zone of membranelles. They host a thick coat of prokaryotic ectosymbionts and cytoplasmic endosymbionts. They are found in micro-oxic marine to brackish habitats.
Parablepharismea may be related to the deep sea Cariacotrichea ciliates.[3][2][1]
This class contains a single order, Parablepharismida,[1] and family Parablepharismidae.[2] The genus Parablepharisma[4][5] includes five species. The genus Kahlium includes a single species K. chlamydophorum with segmented paroral area and a twisted posterior.[2]
