Database details
| Database qualifiers | |
|---|---|
| Coverage: |
Global |
| Completeness: | 60% |
| Checklist confidence: |
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| Full name: | The World Ciliate Catalog |
|---|---|
| Short name: | CilCat |
| Version: | 4.0, Jan 2012 |
| Release date: | 2012-01-16 |
| Authors/editors: | Aescht E. |
| Taxonomic coverage: | Protozoa - Ciliophora |
| English name of the group: | Ciliates |
| Number of species: | 8,699 |
| Number of infraspecific taxa: | 586 |
| Number of synonyms: | 3,339 |
| Number of common names: | 0 |
| Total number of names: | 12,624 |
| Abstract: | The phylum embraces heterotrophic species with a heterokaryotic nuclear apparatus, multiple cilia over body, pellicular alveoli, and always an infraciliature (highly developed cortical system with kinetid as central feature). Ciliates play a significant role in food chains and nutrient recycling; most taxa are found free-living in marine or freshwater habitats, while about one third are symbiotic forms, less then 10 percent are possibly endemic in soils or known only as fossils, respectively. |
| Organization: | Oberostereichisches Landesmuseum, Biologiezentrum, Linz, Austria |
| Website: |
http://www.zobodat.at |