• Source: Trichodinidae

Trichodinidae is a family of ciliates of the order Mobilida, class Oligohymenophorea. Members of the family are ectoparasites (or, alternatively, ectocommensals) of a wide variety of aquatic organisms, including fish, amphibians, hydrozoans, molluscs and crustaceans.




Genera


The family consists of four genera.

Dipartiella Stein, 1961
Paratrichodina Lom, 1963
Trichodina Ehrenberg, 1830
Trichodinella Srámek-Husek, 1953




References

Kata Kunci Pencarian:

• Trichodinidae
• Trichodina
• List of freshwater fauna of Sri Lanka
• Brooklynella hostilis
• Mobilida
• Taxonomy of Protista
• Dipartiella