There are errors in the Subclass and Order information presented in the ciliate classification table in the Results section. Please see the corrected ciliate classification table here. The publisher apologizes for the errors.
The ciliate classification follows Lynn [38].
| Phylum: | Ciliophora Doflein, 1901 |
| Class: | Oligohymenophorea de Puytorac et al., 1974 |
| Subclass: | Peritrichia Stein, 1859 |
| Order: | Sessilida Kahl, 1933 |
| Family: | Zoothamniidae Sommer, 1951 |
| Genus: | Zoothamnium Bory de Saint-Vincent, 1824 |
Reference
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