Vorticellidae Explained

Vorticellidae is a family of ciliates belonging to the order Sessilida.^[1] They are colonial or unicellular organisms that are attached to a substrate via a stalk. The distinguishing characteristic of the family is a helical spasmoneme within the stalk that is contractile.^[2]

Members of this family are common in marine, freshwater, and terrestrial habitats around the world.^[2]

Genera

Genera:

• Anthochloe Joseph, 1882
• Apocarchesium Ji & Kusuoka, 2009
• Baikalaster Jankowski, 1986
• Baikalonis Jankowski, 1982
• Carchesium Ehrenberg, 1831
• Cotensita Jankowski, 1982
• Epicarchesium Jankowski, 1985
• Intranstylum Fauré-Fremiet, 1904
• Parazoothamnium Piesik, 1975
• Pelagovorticella Jankowski, 1980
• Piesika Warren, 1988
• Planeticovorticella Clamp & Coats, 2000
• Pseudovorticella Foissner & Schiffmann, 1975
• Rugaecaulis Lom & de Puytorac, 1994
• Ruthiella Schödel, 1983
• Spinivorticella Jankowski, 1993
• Tucolesca  Lom in Corliss, 1979
• Vorticella Linnaeus, 1767
• Vorticellides Foissner, Blake, Wolf, Breiner & Stoeck, 2009

Notes and References

1. Web site: Vorticellidae . www.gbif.org . 27 June 2021 . en.
2. 10.1099/ijs.0.020255-0 . Molecular phylogeny of the family Vorticellidae (Ciliophora, Peritrichia) using combined datasets with a special emphasis on the three morphologically similar genera Carchesium, Epicarchesium and Apocarchesium . 2011 . Sun . Ping . Clamp . John C. . Xu . Dapeng . Kusuoka . Yasushi . Hori . Manabu . International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology . 61 . 4 . 1001–1010 . 20495029 . free .