# Kathablepharis

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Genus of single-celled organisms

For the larger group which was named after this genus, see [Katablepharid](/source/Katablepharid)

Kathablepharis Scientific classification Domain: Eukaryota Phylum: Cryptista Class: Leucocryptea Order: Kathablepharida Family: Kathablepharidae Genus: Kathablepharis Skuja 1939 Type species Katablepharis phoenikoston Skuja 1939

***Kathablepharis*** (alternative spelling ***Katablepharis***[1]) is a [genus](/source/Genus) of [single-celled](/source/Single-cell_organism) [eukaryotes](/source/Eukaryote) comprising five to six[2] [species](/source/Species). They are [heterotrophic](/source/Heterotrophic) and live in both [freshwater](/source/Freshwater) and [seawater](/source/Seawater).[3] They have two [flagella](/source/Flagella) and a feeding apparatus consisting of a mouth and two arrays of [microtubules](/source/Microtubule) (one inside the other).[3]

## Etymology

It derives its name from the [Greek](/source/Greek_language) words *κατά (kata)* (downwards) and *βλεφαρίς (blepharis)* ([eyelash](/source/Eyelash)).[1]

## Species

This is a partial list.

- *[K. japonica](/source/Kathablepharis_japonica)* Okamoto & Inouye 2005[4]

- *[K. obesa](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=K._obesa&action=edit&redlink=1)* Barlow & Kugrens 2002

- *[K. tenuis](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=K._tenuis&action=edit&redlink=1)* Barlow & Kugrens 2002

- *[K. hyalurus](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=K._hyalurus&action=edit&redlink=1)* Skuja 1939

- *[K. notonectoides](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=K._notonectoides&action=edit&redlink=1)* Skuja 1948

- *[K. oblonga](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=K._oblonga&action=edit&redlink=1)* Skuja 1939

- *[K. ovalis](/source/K._ovalis)* Skuja 1948[3][5]

- *[K. phoenikoston](/source/K._phoenikoston)* Skuja 1939[2]

- *[K. remigera](/source/K._remigera)* (Vørs 1992) Clay & Kugrens 1999 [*Leucocryptos remigera* Vørs 1992[2]]

## References

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-tolweb.org_1-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-tolweb.org_1-1) ["Katablepharids"](http://tolweb.org/Katablepharids/2413).

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-clay_2-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-clay_2-1) [***c***](#cite_ref-clay_2-2) Clay, B; Kugrens, P (Mar 1999). "Systematics of the enigmatic kathablepharids, including EM characterization of the type species, Katablepharis phoenikoston, and new observations on K. remigera comb.nov". *Protist*. **150** (1): 43–59. [doi](/source/Doi_(identifier)):[10.1016/S1434-4610(99)70008-8](https://doi.org/10.1016%2FS1434-4610%2899%2970008-8). [ISSN](/source/ISSN_(identifier)) [1434-4610](https://search.worldcat.org/issn/1434-4610). [PMID](/source/PMID_(identifier)) [10724518](https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/10724518).

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-lee_3-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-lee_3-1) [***c***](#cite_ref-lee_3-2) Robert Edward Lee; Paul Kugrens (Dec 1992). ["Relationship between the flagellates and the ciliates"](https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC372886). *Microbiological Reviews*. **56** (4): 529–542. [doi](/source/Doi_(identifier)):[10.1128/mr.56.4.529-542.1992](https://doi.org/10.1128%2Fmr.56.4.529-542.1992). [PMC](/source/PMC_(identifier)) [372886](https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC372886). [PMID](/source/PMID_(identifier)) [1480107](https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/1480107).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** Okamoto, N; Inouye, I (Aug 2005). ["The katablepharids are a distant sister group of the Cryptophyta: A proposal for Katablepharidophyta divisio nova/ Kathablepharida phylum novum based on SSU rDNA and beta-tubulin phylogeny"](https://doi.org/10.1016%2Fj.protis.2004.12.003). *Protist*. **156** (2): 163–79. [doi](/source/Doi_(identifier)):[10.1016/j.protis.2004.12.003](https://doi.org/10.1016%2Fj.protis.2004.12.003). [ISSN](/source/ISSN_(identifier)) [1434-4610](https://search.worldcat.org/issn/1434-4610). [PMID](/source/PMID_(identifier)) [16171184](https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/16171184).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-lee2004_5-0)** Lee, Robert Edward; Kugrens, Paul (1991). "Katablepharis Ovalis, A Colorless Flagellate with Interesting Cytological Characteristics1". *Journal of Phycology*. **27** (4): 505–513. [doi](/source/Doi_(identifier)):[10.1111/j.0022-3646.1991.00505.x](https://doi.org/10.1111%2Fj.0022-3646.1991.00505.x). [S2CID](/source/S2CID_(identifier)) [86184221](https://api.semanticscholar.org/CorpusID:86184221).

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Taxon identifiers Katablepharis Wikidata: Q6374988 Wikispecies: Katablepharis AlgaeBase: 45699 GBIF: 9796907 iNaturalist: 993463 IRMNG: 1011681 NCBI: 339962 Open Tree of Life: 505748 WoRMS: 601744

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