Overview
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A Suborder in the Kingdom Protozoa.
Taxonomy
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The Suborder Parameciina is a member of the Order Peniculida. Here is the complete "parentage" of Parameciina:
- Domain: Eukaryota
Whittaker & Margulis,1978 - eukaryotes
- Kingdom: Protozoa
(Goldfuss, 1818) R. Owen, 1858
- Subkingdom: Biciliata
- Infrakingdom: Alveolata
Cavalier-Smith, 1991
- Phylum: Ciliophora
(Doflein, 1901) Copeland, 1956 - Ciliates
- Subphylum: Intramacronucleata
Lynn, 1996
- Class: Oligohymenophorea
De Puytorac Et Al., 1974 - Oligohymenophoreans
- Subclass: Peniculia
Fauré-Fremiet, in Corliss, 1956
- Order: Peniculida
Fauré-Fremiet, in Corliss, 1956
- Suborder: Parameciina Jankowski, in Small & Lynn, 1985
- Order: Peniculida
Fauré-Fremiet, in Corliss, 1956
- Subclass: Peniculia
Fauré-Fremiet, in Corliss, 1956
- Class: Oligohymenophorea
De Puytorac Et Al., 1974 - Oligohymenophoreans
- Subphylum: Intramacronucleata
Lynn, 1996
- Phylum: Ciliophora
(Doflein, 1901) Copeland, 1956 - Ciliates
- Infrakingdom: Alveolata
Cavalier-Smith, 1991
- Subkingdom: Biciliata
- Kingdom: Protozoa
(Goldfuss, 1818) R. Owen, 1858
The Suborder Parameciina is further organized into finer groupings including:
- Family (3): Neobursaridiidae · Parameciidae · Urocentridae
Families
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Neobursaridiidae
Parameciidae
Urocentridae
More info about the Family Urocentridae may be found here.
Sources
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