Trichodinidae

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]

Trichodinidae
Scanning electron micrograph of Trichodina on the gills of a mullet
Scientific classification
(unranked):	SAR
(unranked):	Alveolata
Phylum:	Ciliophora
Subphylum:	Intramacronucleata
Class:	Oligohymenophorea
Subclass:	Peritrichia
Order:	Mobilida
Family:	Trichodinidae Claus, 1951

Genera

The family consists of four genera.

• Dipartiella Stein, 1961
• Paratrichodina Lom, 1963
• Trichodina Ehrenberg, 1830
• Trichodinella Srámek-Husek, 1953

References

1. 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.
2. 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.
3. 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.
4. 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.

• Parker, S.P., ed. (1982). Synopsis and classification of living organisms. McGraw Hill. ISBN 978-0-07-079031-5.