Chilomastix

Chilomastix
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
(unranked):	Excavata
Phylum:	Metamonada
Class:	Retortamonadea
Order:	Retortamonadida
Family:	Retortamonadidae
Genus:	Chilomastix; Aléxéieff, 1910
Species
	Chilomastix bocis; Chilomastix motellae;
Synonyms
	Fanapepea Prowazek, 1911; Macrostoma Alexeieff, 1909;

Chilomastix is a genus of excavates in the family Retortamonadidae.

References

Alexeieff, A. 1909. Les Flagellés parasites de l'intestin des batraciens indigènes. C. R. Soc. Biol. Paris, T. 67, No. 26, p. 199-201, [1].
Aléxéieff, A. 1910. Sur les flagellés intestinaux des poissons marins (note préliminaire). Arch. Zool. Exp. (5), 6:1-22, 12 fig., [2].
Prowazek, S. v. 1911. Zur Kenntnis der Flagellaten des Darmtraktus. Arch. Protistenk. 23:96-100.

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