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Description of Scuticociliatia

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Oligohymenophoran ciliates, somatic cilia as dikinetids over much of body; some somatic cilia form a thigmotactic field on symbiotic species; paroral dikinetid with a, b and c segments; stomatogenesis by proliferation of kinetosomes from c segment or a scuticovestige posterior to a and b segments; many marine, estuarine species; freeliving or symbiotic.
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Scuticociliate

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Scuticociliatia is a subclass of ciliates in the class Oligohymenophorea. Its members are called scuticociliates. These unicellular eukaryotes are marine microorganisms that are usually free-living and widely distributed in the world's oceans. Around 20 members of the group have been identified as causative agents of the disease scuticociliatosis, in which the ciliates are parasites of other marine organisms. Species known to be susceptible include a broad range of teleosts, seahorses, sharks, and some crustaceans.[2]

References

  1. ^ Small, Eugene B. (October 1967). "The Scuticociliatida, a New Order of the Class Ciliatea (Phylum Protozoa, Subphylum Ciliophora)". Transactions of the American Microscopical Society. 86 (4): 345. doi:10.2307/3224258.
  2. ^ Jung, Sung-Ju; Woo, Patrick T.K. (2012). "Chapter 5: Miamiensis avidus and related species". In Woo, Patrick T.K.; Buchmann, Kurt (eds.). Fish parasites: pathobiology and protection. Wallingford, Oxfordshire: CABI. pp. 73–91. ISBN 9781845938062.

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Scuticociliate: Brief Summary

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Scuticociliatia is a subclass of ciliates in the class Oligohymenophorea. Its members are called scuticociliates. These unicellular eukaryotes are marine microorganisms that are usually free-living and widely distributed in the world's oceans. Around 20 members of the group have been identified as causative agents of the disease scuticociliatosis, in which the ciliates are parasites of other marine organisms. Species known to be susceptible include a broad range of teleosts, seahorses, sharks, and some crustaceans.

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