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Sonderia Kahl 1928; currently 2 species descriptions are accepted taxonomically (Systema Naturae 2000).Class Plagiopylea Small and Lynn 1985Order Plagiopylidae Schewiakoff 1896Family Sonderiidae Small and Lynn 1985 |
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Other genera in Family Sonderiidae are Oncosonderia Jankowski 1980, Parasonderia Jankowski 2007, and Sonderiella Kahl 1928 (Lynn 2008). |
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Anaerobic or micraoaerobic aquatic habitats (freshwater, marine) as well as endocommensal in the digestive tracts of sea urchins and hippopotamus (Lynn 2008). |
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References: |
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Lynn, D.H. 2008. The Ciliated Protozoa. Springer (p. 409). Small, E.B., and D.H. Lynn 1985. Phylum ciliophora, Doflein 1901. In: Lee, J.J., S.H. Hutner, and E.C. Bovee (Eds.), An illustrated guide to the protozoa. (pp. 393-575). Kansas, USA: Society of Protozoologists, Lawrence. |
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