Postciliodesmatophora

Postciliodesmatophora is a subphylum of ciliates, comprising the classes Heterotrichea and Karyorelictea.

Postciliodesmatophora
Blepharisma hyalinum
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Clade: Diaphoretickes
Clade: SAR
Clade: Alveolata
Phylum: Ciliophora
Subphylum: Postciliodesmatophora
Gerassimova & Seravin, 1976
Classes
Synonyms

Polyhymenophora

Members of this subphylum are characterized by postciliodesmata (singular: postciliodesma), stacks of postciliary microtubular ribbons associated with the somatic kinetosomes.

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