Pleuronematida

Pleuronematida
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Clade: Diaphoretickes
Clade: Sar
Clade: Alveolata
Phylum: Ciliophora
Class: Oligohymenophorea
Subclass: Scuticociliatia
Order: Pleuronematida
Fauré-Fremiet in Corliss, 1956
Families
  • Calyptotrichidae Small & Lynn, 1985
  • Ctedoctematidae Small & Lynn, 1985
  • Cyclidiidae Ehrenberg, 1838
  • Dragescoidae Jankowksi, 1980
  • Histiobalantiidae de Puytorac & Corliss in Corliss, 1979
  • Peniculistomatidae Fenchel, 1965
  • Pleuronematidae Kent, 1881

Pleuronematida is an order of predominantly free-living ciliates in the subclass Scuticociliatia.