Katablepharis Explained

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]

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
• K. remigera (Vørs 1992) Clay & Kugrens 1999 [''Leucocryptos remigera'' <small>Vørs 1992</small><ref name="clay" />]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Katablepharids.
2. 10724518 . Mar 1999 . Clay, B . Kugrens, P . Systematics of the enigmatic kathablepharids, including EM characterization of the type species, Katablepharis phoenikoston, and new observations on K. remigera comb.nov . 150 . 1 . 43–59 . 1434-4610 . Protist . 10.1016/S1434-4610(99)70008-8 .
3. 372886 . Microbiological Reviews . Dec 1992 . 529–542 . 56 . 4 . Relationship between the flagellates and the ciliates . Robert Edward Lee . Paul Kugrens . 10.1128/mr.56.4.529-542.1992 . 1480107 .
4. 16171184 . Aug 2005 . Okamoto, N . Inouye, I . 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 . 156 . 2 . 163–79 . 1434-4610 . Protist . 10.1016/j.protis.2004.12.003 . free .
5. 10.1111/j.0022-3646.1991.00505.x . 1991 . Lee, Robert Edward . Journal of Phycology . 27 . 505–513 . Kugrens . Paul . Katablepharis Ovalis, A Colorless Flagellate with Interesting Cytological Characteristics1 . 4 . 86184221 .