What Morphology and Molecules Tell Us about the Evolution of Oligotrichea (Alveolata, Ciliophora)

• Published in: Acta Protozoologica Vol. 53; no. 1; pp. 77 - 90
• Main Authors: Agatha, Sabine, Strueder-Kypke, Michaela C
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Warsaw Jagiellonian University Press 01.01.2014; Jagiellonian University-Jagiellonian University Press
• Subjects: Alveolata; Ciliophora; tintinnids; Choreotrichids; gene sequence analyses; cladistic analyses; oligotrichids; somatic ciliature

The evolution of the dominant marine plankton ciliates, the oligotrichids and choreotrichids, is analysed for morphologic and genetic convergences and apomorphies based on literature and our own data. These findings have taxonomic implications. Within the oligotrichid genus Parallelostrombidium two...