Kathablepharis

Kathablepharis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Class: Kathablepharidea
Order: Kathablepharidida
Family: Kathablepharidae
Genus: Kathablepharis
Skuja 1939
Type species
Katablepharis phoenikoston
Skuja 1939

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

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