Definition of Peniculids. Meaning of Peniculids. Synonyms of Peniculids

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Definition of Peniculids

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- The peniculids are an order of ciliate protozoa, including the well-known Paramecium and related genera, such as Frontonia, Stokesia, Urocentrum and Lembadion...
- defined by Delage & Hérouard in 1896. Initially the scuticociliates and peniculids were included, then later treated as separate orders of a subclass Hymenostomatia...
- relatively constant, with the main variations being the positions of the peniculids and plagiopylids. According to the WoRMS: subclass Apostomatia order Apostomatida...
- Eugene Small and Denis Lynn in 1981, the N****op****a also included the peniculids and, in a separate subclass, the hypotrichs. More recent schemes restore...
- free-living unicellular ciliate protists, belonging to the order Peniculida. As Peniculids, the Frontonia are closely related to members of the genus Paramecium...