Chonotrich
| Chonotrich | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Clade: | Diaphoretickes |
| Clade: | Sar |
| Clade: | Halvaria |
| Clade: | Alveolata |
| Phylum: | Ciliophora |
| Subphylum: | Intramacronucleata |
| Infraphylum: | Ventrata |
| Class: | Phyllopharyngea |
| Subclass: | Chonotrichia Wallengren, 1895 |
| Orders | |
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Cryptogemmida | |
Chonotrichia is a subclass of phyllopharyngeid ciliates. These single-celled organisms are sessile at maturity and usually live on crustaceans as ectosymbionts.