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- Astomes (order Astomatida) are a group of ciliate eukaryotes commonly found in the guts of annelid worms, especially oligochaetes, and other invertebrates...
- treated as separate orders of a subclass Hymenostomatia, to which the astomes are sometimes added. More recently each of these groups tends to be treated...
- by the cilia, but various other feeding habits occur. In one group, the astomes, the mouth and ****ociated structures have been lost altogether. The Oligohymenop****a...