Kinetofragminophora

Kinetofragminophora is a class of Ciliophora. WoRMS said that they will disuse this classification.

Taxonomy

Kinetofragminophora contained the following orders:

• Apostomatida <small>Chatton & Lwoff, 1928</small>: Now belongs to Oligohymenophorea;
• Plagiopylida <small>Jankowski, 1978</small>
• Suctorida <small>Claparède & Lachmann, 1858</small>
• Trichostomatida <small>Bütschli, 1889</small>

But WoRMS further classify the class into the following three subclasses:

• Subclass Gymnostomata (disused)
• Order Primociliatida accepted as Karyorelictea (junior synonym)
• Hypostomata (disused)
• Order Chonotrichida (disused): becomes Chonotrichia of Phyllopharyngea
• Order Cyrtophorida (disused)
• Subclass Vestibulifera (disused)
• Order Trichostomatida (disused)

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