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Kathablepharis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Chromalveolata;
Division:	Cryptophyta;
(unranked):	katablepharids;
Genus:	Kathablepharis;

Kathablepharis (or Katablepharis) is a genus of single-celled eukaryotes comprising five to six^[1] species. They are heterotrophic and live in both freshwater and seawater.^[2] They have two flagella and a feeding apparatus consisting of a mouth and two arrays of microtubules (one inside the other).^[2]

It derives its name from the Greek words "kata" (downwards) and "blepharis" (eyelash).^[3]

[edit] Species

This is a partial list.

K. japonica^[4]
K. ovalis^[2]^[5]
K. phoenikoston^[1]
K. remigera (moved from Leucocryptos remigera^[1])

[edit] References

^ ^a ^b ^c Clay, B; Kugrens, P (Mar 1999). "Systematics of the enigmatic kathablepharids, including EM characterization of the type species, Kathablepharis phoenikoston, and new observations on K. remigera comb.nov". Protist 150 (1): 43–59. ISSN 1434-4610. PMID 10724518.
^ ^a ^b ^c Robert Edward Lee and Paul Kugrens (Dec. 1992). "Relationship between the Flagellates and the Ciliates". Microbiological Reviews 56 (4): 529–542.
^ http://tolweb.org/Katablepharids/2413
^ Okamoto, N; Inouye, I (Aug 2005). "The katablepharids are a distant sister group of the Cryptophyta: A proposal for Katablepharidophyta divisio nova/ Kathablepharida phylum novum based on SSU rDNA and beta-tubulin phylogeny.". Protist 156 (2): 163–79. ISSN 1434-4610. PMID 16171184.
^ Lee, Robert Edward (1991). "KATABLEPHARIS OVALIS, A COLORLESS FLAGELLATE WITH INTERESTING CYTOLOGICAL CHARACTERISTICS1". Journal of Phycology 27: 505. doi:10.1111/j.0022-3646.1991.00505.x.

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[clay-0] Clay, B; Kugrens, P (Mar 1999). "Systematics of the enigmatic kathablepharids, including EM characterization of the type species, Kathablepharis phoenikoston, and new observations on K. remigera comb.nov". Protist 150 (1): 43–59. ISSN 1434-4610. PMID 10724518.

[lee-1] Robert Edward Lee and Paul Kugrens (Dec. 1992). "Relationship between the Flagellates and the Ciliates". Microbiological Reviews 56 (4): 529–542.

[2] ttp://tolweb.org/Katablepharids/2413

[3] Okamoto, N; Inouye, I (Aug 2005). "The katablepharids are a distant sister group of the Cryptophyta: A proposal for Katablepharidophyta divisio nova/ Kathablepharida phylum novum based on SSU rDNA and beta-tubulin phylogeny.". Protist 156 (2): 163–79. ISSN 1434-4610. PMID 16171184.

[lee2004-4] Lee, Robert Edward (1991). "KATABLEPHARIS OVALIS, A COLORLESS FLAGELLATE WITH INTERESTING CYTOLOGICAL CHARACTERISTICS1". Journal of Phycology 27: 505. doi:10.1111/j.0022-3646.1991.00505.x.

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