Editing Colpodea

{{short description|Class of protists in the ciliates phylum}}
{{Automatic taxobox 
| image = Colpoda inflata.jpg
| image_caption = ''[[Colpoda inflata]]''
| taxon = Colpodea
| authority = [[Eugene Small|Small]] & [[Denis Lynn|Lynn]] 1981
| subdivision_ranks = Typical orders
| subdivision = 
 {{linked taxon list
  |Colpodida|
  |Bursariomorphida|
  |Cyrtolophosida|
  |Bryophryida|
  |Sorogenida|
  |Bryometopida|
 }}
}}

The '''Colpodea''' are a class of [[ciliate]]s, of about 200 species common in freshwater and soil habitats.  The body cilia are typically uniform, and are supported by [[dikinetid]]s of characteristic structure, with cilia on both kinetosomes.  The mouth may be apical or ventral, with more or less prominent associated polykinetids.  Many are asymmetrical, the cells twisting sideways and then untwisting again prior to division, which often takes place within cysts.  ''[[Colpoda]]'', a kidney-shaped ciliate common in organic rich conditions, is representative.

Most ciliates placed here were originally considered advanced [[trichostome]]s, on the assumption that they lacked true oral cilia.  However the Bursariomorphida, large carnivorous ciliates whose oral cavity forms a deep anterior pocket, were considered [[heterotrich]]s because of their prominent oral polykinetids.  The modern class was first defined by [[Eugene Small|Small]] & [[Denis Lynn|Lynn]] in 1981, based mainly on the structure of the body kinetids.

==References==
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==Further reading==
* {{cite journal|author=Rekik, Amira|author2=Drira, Zaher|author3=Guermazi, Wassim|title=Impacts of an uncontrolled phosphogypsum dumpsite on summer distribution of phytoplankton, copepods and ciliates in relation to abiotic variables along the near-shore of the southwestern Mediterranean coast|journal=Marine Pollution Bulletin|date=2012|volume=64|issue=2|pages=336–346|url=http://ac.els-cdn.com/S0025326X11005972/1-s2.0-S0025326X11005972-main.pdf?_tid=f8fa8d30-ac9d-11e4-895b-00000aab0f27&acdnat=1423075701_c6d9deaccf4c88b7c6fd96b6f1674669|doi=10.1016/j.marpolbul.2011.11.005|pmid=22154276|bibcode=2012MarPB..64..336R }}
* {{cite journal|last1=Bourland|first1=William A.|last2=Wendell|first2=Laura|last3=Hampikian|first3=Greg|last4=Vd'acnˇ y|first4=Peter|title=Morphology and phylogeny of ''Bryophryoides ocellatus'' n. g., n. sp. (Ciliophora, Colpodea) from in situ soil percolates of Idaho, U.S.A.|journal=European Journal of Protistology|date=Feb 2014|volume=50|issue=1|pages=47–67|doi=10.1016/j.ejop.2013.09.001|pmid=24168852}}

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[[Category:Intramacronucleata]]
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