Armophorea
Sign in to saveArmophorea is a class of ciliates in the subphylum Intramacronucleata. . It was first resolved in 2004 and comprises three orders: Metopida, Clevelandellida, and Armophorida. Previously members of this class were thought to be heterotrichs because of similarities in morphology, most notably a characteristic dense arrangement of cilia surrounding their oral structures. However, the development of genetic tools and subsequent incorporation of DNA sequence information has led to major revisions in the evolutionary relationships of many protists, including ciliates. Metopids, clevelandellids, and
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Within Vinony's link graph, Armophorea is referenced by 263 other articles, and connects out to Adeleorina, Cryptosporidium and Noctilucales.
It is catalogued under topics including Ciliate classes and Intramacronucleata.
Its subject is documented across 6 Wikipedia language editions.
Species
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- PhylumCiliophora
- ClassArmophorea
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- Parent taxon
- Intramacronucleata
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- Parasite180015-fig1 Sicuophora multigranularis (Armophorea, Clevelandellida).png
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- Armophorea
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- class
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- Armophorea
- taxon common name
- 盔帽纤毛纲
- taxon author citation
- Lynn, 2004
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Encyclopedic overview
10 sectionsContents
- Etymology
- Habitat and ecology
- Taxonomy
- Order [[Metopida]]
- Order [[Clevelandellida]] <small>(de Puytorac & Grain, 1976)</small>
- Family [[Clevelandellidae]] <small>(Kidder, 1938)</small>
- Family [[Nyctotheridae]] <small>(Amara, 1972)</small>
- Order [[Armophorida]]
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Armophorea is a class of ciliates in the subphylum Intramacronucleata. . It was first resolved in 2004 and comprises three orders: Metopida, Clevelandellida, and Armophorida. Previously members of this class were thought to be heterotrichs because of similarities in morphology, most notably a characteristic dense arrangement of cilia surrounding their oral structures. However, the development of genetic tools and subsequent incorporation of DNA sequence information has led to major revisions in the evolutionary relationships of many protists, including ciliates. Metopids, clevelandellids, and armophorids were grouped into this class based on similarities in their small subunit rRNA sequences, making them one of two so-called "riboclasses" of ciliates, however, recent analyses suggest that Armophorida may not be related to the other two orders.
== Etymology == The name Armophorea is thought to be derived from the Latin word arma, meaning weapons, or armus, meaning shoulder. This name refers to the caenomorphid members of this class, which have a characteristic military helmet-like morphology, and also a twisted appearance that looks like a shoulder.
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