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Trichodinidae

Wikipedia Abstract

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.
View Wikipedia Record: Trichodinidae

Genus

Cyclochaeta (7)
Leiotrocha (1)
Paratrichodina (4)
Safrodina (1)
Trichodina (147)

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External References

Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0