Postciliodesmatophora
Subphylum of ciliate protists
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Postciliodesmatophora is a subphylum of ciliates, comprising the classes Heterotrichea and Karyorelictea.[2]
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| Postciliodesmatophora | |
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| Blepharisma hyalinum | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Clade: | Sar |
| Clade: | Alveolata |
| Phylum: | Ciliophora |
| Subphylum: | Postciliodesmatophora Gerassimova & Seravin, 1976 |
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Polyhymenophora | |
Members of this subphylum are characterized by postciliodesmata (singular: postciliodesma), stacks of postciliary microtubular ribbons associated with the somatic kinetosomes.[3]
