Trichodinidae
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| Scanning electron micrograph of Trichodina on the gills of a mullet | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Clade: | Sar |
| Clade: | Alveolata |
| Phylum: | Ciliophora |
| Class: | Oligohymenophorea |
| Order: | Mobilida |
| Family: | Trichodinidae Claus, 1951 |
Trichodinidae is a family of ciliates of the order Mobilida, class Oligohymenophorea. Members of the family are ectoparasites (or, alternatively, ectocommensals) of a wide variety of aquatic organisms, including fish, amphibians, hydrozoans, molluscs and crustaceans.[1][2][3][4]
Genera
[edit]The family consists of eight genera.[5]
- Dipartiella Stein, 1961
- Hemitrichodina Basson & Van As, 1989
- Pallitrichodina Van As & Basson in Aesch, 2001
- Paratrichodina Lom, 1963
- Semitrichodina Kazubski, 1958
- Trichodina Ehrenberg, 1830
- Trichodinella Srámek-Husek, 1953
- Tripartiella Lom, 1963
References
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- ^ van As, J.G.; Basson, Linda (1986). "A new species of Trichodina (Ciliophora: Peritricha) from a limnocnidid medusa in the Zambezi system". South African Journal of Zoology. 21 (1): 76–78. doi:10.1080/02541858.1986.11447961.
- ^ Xu, Kuidong; Song, Weibo (2008-01-01). "Two trichodinid ectoparasites from marine molluscs in the Yellow Sea, off China, with the description of Trichodina caecellae n. sp. (Protozoa: Ciliophora: Peritrichia)". Systematic Parasitology. 69 (1): 1–11. doi:10.1007/s11230-007-9094-6. ISSN 0165-5752. PMID 18030597.
- ^ Diller, William F. (1928-12-01). "Binary fission and endomixis in the Trichodina from tadpoles (Protozoa, Ciliata)". Journal of Morphology. 46 (2): 521–561. doi:10.1002/jmor.1050460206. ISSN 1097-4687.
- ^ Green, John D.; Shiel, Russell J. (2000). "Mobiline peritrich riders on Australian calanoid copepods". Hydrobiologia. 437 (1–3): 203–212. doi:10.1023/A:1026567210125. ISSN 0018-8158.
- ^ Xu K, Dolan J, eds. (2025). "Trichodinidae Claus, 1874". World Ciliophora Database. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 25 October 2025.
- Parker, S.P., ed. (1982). Synopsis and classification of living organisms. McGraw Hill. ISBN 978-0-07-079031-5.
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