Cavichona

Cavichona
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
(unranked):	SAR
(unranked):	Alveolata
Phylum:	Ciliophora
Class:	Phyllopharyngea
Subclass:	Chonotrichia
Order:	Exogemmida
Family:	Spirochonidae
Genus:	Cavichona; Jankowski, 1973[1]
Species
	Cavichona cincinnata Jankowski, 1973 (type); Cavichona elegans Swarczewsky 1929[2];

Cavichona is a genus of ciliates in the family Spirochonidae.

References

Taxonomic revision of subphylum Ciliophora Doflein, 1901. AW Jankowski, Zool. Zh, 1973
Ultrastructure of the sessile ciliate Cavichona elegans (Chonotricha). I. BP Karadzhan - Non-dividing animals. (In Russian.) Acta Protozool, 1976

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