Subphylum 2. INTRAMACRONUCLEATA: Class 6. COLPODEA — Somatically Conserved but Orally Diverse

Abstract

Ciliates now assigned to the Class COLPODEA were scattered throughout the phylum in unrelated classes and orders. However, it was the structural conservatism of the cortex and its somatic kinetids that enabled the identification of this natural assemblage based on...