Systematic position of Discocephalus-like ciliates (Ciliophora: Spirotrichea) inferred from SSU rDNA and ontogenetic information
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The Prodiscocephalus-like ciliates, or discocephalines, are cephalized organisms that are traditionally considered to be hypotrichs (sensu lato) but whose precise systematic position has long been uncertain. The main reasons for this are that these organisms e... ...