Katablepharis

Katablepharis (alternative spelling Kathablepharis[1]) is a genus of single-celled eukaryotes comprising five to six[2] species. They are heterotrophic and live in both freshwater and seawater.[3] They have two flagella and a feeding apparatus consisting of a mouth and two arrays of microtubules (one inside the other).[3]

Katablepharis
Scientific classification
Domain:
Eukaryota
(unranked):
Hacrobia
(unranked):
Cryptista
Class:
Katablepharidea
Order:
Katablepharida
Family:
Katablepharidae
Genus:
Katablepharis

Skuja 1939
Type species
Katablepharis phoenikoston
Skuja 1939

Etymology

It derives its name from the Greek words κατά (kata) (downwards) and βλεφαρίς (blepharis) (eyelash).[1]

Species

This is a partial list.

  • K. japonica Okamoto & Inouye 2005[4]
  • K. obesa Barlow & Kugrens 2002
  • K. tenuis Barlow & Kugrens 2002
  • K. hyalurus Skuja 1939
  • K. notonectoides Skuja 1948
  • K. oblonga Skuja 1939
  • K. ovalis Skuja 1948[3][5]
  • K. phoenikoston Skuja 1939[2]
  • K. remigera (Vørs 1992) Clay & Kugrens 1999 [Leucocryptos remigera Vørs 1992[2]]

References
  1. http://tolweb.org/Katablepharids/2413
  2. Clay, B; Kugrens, P (Mar 1999). "Systematics of the enigmatic kathablepharids, including EM characterization of the type species, Katablepharis phoenikoston, and new observations on K. remigera comb.nov". Protist. 150 (1): 43–59. doi:10.1016/S1434-4610(99)70008-8. ISSN 1434-4610. PMID 10724518.
  3. Robert Edward Lee; Paul Kugrens (Dec 1992). "Relationship between the flagellates and the ciliates". Microbiological Reviews. 56 (4): 529–542. PMC 372886. PMID 1480107.
  4. Okamoto, N; Inouye, I (Aug 2005). "The katablepharids are a distant sister group of the Cryptophyta: A proposal for Katablepharidophyta divisio nova/ Kathablepharida phylum novum based on SSU rDNA and beta-tubulin phylogeny". Protist. 156 (2): 163–79. doi:10.1016/j.protis.2004.12.003. ISSN 1434-4610. PMID 16171184.
  5. Lee, Robert Edward; Kugrens, Paul (1991). "KATABLEPHARIS OVALIS, A COLORLESS FLAGELLATE WITH INTERESTING CYTOLOGICAL CHARACTERISTICS1". Journal of Phycology. 27 (4): 505. doi:10.1111/j.0022-3646.1991.00505.x.
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