REDISCOVERY OF REMARKABLY RARE ANAEROBIC TENTACULIFEROUS CILIATE GENERA LEGENDREA AND DACTYLOCHLAMYS (CILIOPHORA: LITOSTOMATEA)

Rediscovery of Remarkably Rare Anaerobic Tentaculiferous Ciliate Genera Legendrea and Dactylochlamys (Ciliophora: Litostomatea)

Free-living anaerobic ciliates are of considerable interest from an ecological and an evolutionary standpoint.Extraordinary tentacle-bearing predatory lineages have evolved independently several times within the phylum Ciliophora, including two rarely encountered anaerobic litostomatean genera, Legendrea and Dactylochlamys.In this study, we signifi

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