Vorticellidae

Vorticellidae is a family of ciliates belonging to the order Sessilida. They are colonial or unicellular organisms that are attached to a substrate via a stalk. The distinguishing characteristic of the family is a helical spasmoneme within the stalk that is contractile.
Members of this family are common in marine, freshwater, and terrestrial habitats around the world.

Genera

Genera:Anthochloe Joseph, 1882 Apocarchesium Ji & Kusuoka, 2009Baikalaster Jankowski, 1986Baikalonis Jankowski, 1982 Carchesium Ehrenberg, 1831Cotensita Jankowski, 1982Epicarchesium Jankowski, 1985Intranstylum Fauré-Fremiet, 1904Parazoothamnium Piesik, 1975Pelagovorticella Jankowski, 1980Piesika Warren, 1988Planeticovorticella Clamp & Coats, 2000Pseudovorticella Foissner & Schiffmann, 1975 Rugaecaulis Lom & de Puytorac, 1994Ruthiella Schödel, 1983Spinivorticella Jankowski, 1993Tucolesca Lom in Corliss, 1979Vorticella Linnaeus, 1767Vorticellides Foissner, Blake, Wolf, Breiner & Stoeck, 2009