ciliata

1. Class of protozoa having cilia or hairlike appendages on part or all of the surface during some part of the life cycle (synset 101397542)
   is a type of: class - (biology) a taxonomic group containing one or more orders
   member holonym:

   • ciliate, ciliated protozoan, ciliophoran - a protozoan with a microscopic appendage extending from the surface of the cell
   • infusoria, subclass infusoria - in some recent classifications, coextensive with the Ciliata: minute organisms found in decomposing infusions of organic matter
   • genus paramecium - freshwater ciliate with an oval body and long deep oral groove
   • genus tetrahymena - protozoa having four membranous ciliary organelles
   • genus stentor - trumpet-shaped protozoa with a ciliated spiral feeding funnel
   • genus vorticella - ciliated protozoans that have a goblet-shaped body with a retractile stalk
   belongs to: phylum protozoa, protozoa - in some classifications considered a superphylum or a subkingdom; comprises flagellates; ciliates; sporozoans; amoebas; foraminifers
   same as: ciliophora, class ciliata, class ciliophora

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