Vorticellidae

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]

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

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

Genera

Genera:[1]

  • Apocarchesium Ji & Kusuoka, 2009
  • Carchesium Ehrenberg, 1831
  • Epicarchesium Jankowski, 1985
  • Ruthiella Schödel, 1983
  • Systylis Bresslau, 1919
  • Vorticella Linnaeus, 1767
  • Vorticellides Foissner, Blake, Wolf, Breiner & Stoeck, 2009

References
  1. "Vorticellidae". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 27 June 2021.
  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.
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