Eukaryote
ciliophora
[ sil-ee-of-er-uh ]
Subclass of:
Alveolata
Definitions related to ciliophora:
  • A phylum of EUKARYOTES characterized by the presence of cilia at some time during the life cycle. It comprises three classes: KINETOFRAGMINOPHOREA; OLIGOHYMENOPHOREA; and POLYMENOPHOREA.
    NLM Medical Subject Headings
    U.S. National Library of Medicine, 2021
  • Phylum of protozoa characterized by the presence of cilia at some time during the life cycle; comprised of three classes: kinetofragminophorea, oligohymenophorea and polymenophorea.
    CRISP Thesaurus
    National Institutes of Health, 2006
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