Cariacothrix is a genus of ciliates in the subphylum Intramacronucleata. It contains only one species, Cariacothrix caudata, and is the only genus in the monotypic family Cariacotrichidae, order Cariacotrichida, and class Cariacotrichea.

Cariacothrix
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Clade: Diaphoretickes
Clade: SAR
Clade: Alveolata
Phylum: Ciliophora
Subphylum: Intramacronucleata
Class: Cariacotrichea
Orsi et al, 2011[1]
Order: Cariacotrichida
Orsi et al, 2011
Family: Cariacotrichidae
Orsi et al, 2011
Genus: Cariacothrix
Orsi et al, 2011
Species:
C. caudata
Binomial name
Cariacothrix caudata
Orsi et al, 2011
Synonyms

(Class)

  • Cariotrichea

References

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  1. ^ Orsi W, Edgcomb V, Faria J, Foissner W, Fowle WH, Hohmann T, Suarez P, Taylor C, Taylor GT, Vd'acný P, Epstein SS (2012). "Class Cariacotrichea, a novel ciliate taxon from the anoxic Cariaco Basin, Venezuela". Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol. 62 (6): 1425–33. doi:10.1099/ijs.0.034710-0. PMID 21841005.