Spirotrichea

Taxonavigation

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Diaphoretickes
Cladus: Tsar
Cladus: Sar
Infraregnum: Alveolata
Phylum: Ciliophora
Subphylum: Intramacronucleata
Infraphylum: Spirotrichia
Classis: Spirotrichea
Subclasses: Choreotrichia - ?Heterotrichia - Hypotrichia - Licnophoria - Protocruziidia - Stichotrichia

Name

Spirotrichea Bütschli, 1889

Synonyms

• Oxytrichatea Doweld, Prosyllabus: lxix. 2001.

References

Primary references

• Doweld, A.B. 2001. Prosyllabus Tracheophytorum. Tentamen systematis plantarum vascularium (Tracheophyta) [Prosyllabus Tracheophytorum. Опыт системы сосудистых растений]. LXXX + 110 pp. Moscow: Geos. ISBN 5-89118-283-1. Фундаментальная электронная библиотека «Флора и фауна» DJVU Google Books Reference page. 

Additional references

• Tirjaková, E., Botlíková, S. & Vďačný, P. 2015. Checklist and distribution of ciliates from the family Euplotidae Ehrenberg, 1838 (Protista: Ciliophora: Spirotrichea) in Slovakia, Central Europe. Zootaxa 3920(2): 343–365. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3920.2.7. Reference page. 

Vernacular names

беларуская: Спіральнараснічныя інфузорыі

Alternative classifications

Honigberg et al. (1964)

In Class Ciliatea
Subclass Spirotrichia

• Order Heterotrichida
• Order Oligotrichida
• Order Tintinnida
• Order Entodiniomorphida
• Order Odontostomatida
• Order Hypotrichida

Cavalier-Smith (1993)

From Kingdom Protozoa and its 18 phyla

In Phylum Ciliophora
Class Spirotrichea Bütschli, 1889 stat. nov.

• Subclass Heterotrichia
• Subclass Choreotrichia
• Subclass Stichotrichia