Heterotrichea

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<==Heterotrichea
   |--Climacostomum virens
   `--+--Stentor
      |    |--S. coeruleus
      |    |--S. polymorphus
      |    `--S. roeseli
      `--Heterotrichida
           |  i. s.: Condylostoma Bory 1824 [Condylostomatidae]
           |           |--C. arenarium Spiegel 1926
           |           |--C. curva Burkovsky 1970
           |           |--C. granulosum Bullington 1940
           |           |--C. minima Dragesco 1960
           |           `--C. nigra Dragesco 1960
           |         Folliculina Lamarck 1816 [Folliculinidae]
           |           `--F. simplex (Dons 1917) [=Semifolliculina simplex, Lagotia simplex; incl. L. minor Dons 1948]
           |--Spirostomum
           |    |--S. filum
           |    `--S. teres
           `--+--Gruberia
              `--+--Eufolliculina uhligi
                 `--Blepharisma
                      |--B. americanum
                      |--B. clarissimum
                      |    |--B. c. clarissimum
                      |    `--B. c. arenicola
                      |--B. intermedium
                      `--B. japonicum

* Type species of generic name indicated

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