Colepidae is a family of ciliates comprising the genera Coleps, Plagiopogon and Tiarina.
The family was named by Christian Ehrenberg as Colepina in 1838, with the latin description: Animalia polygastrica, enterodela (tubo intestinali distincto instructa), oris anique aperturis in corporis axi longitudinali oppositis, terminalibus (enantiodreta), et lorica involuta. (= Enchelia loricata.) In a free translation, he described Colepina as "polygastric animals, with a distinct intestinal tube, mouth and anus openings on the longitudinal axis of the body opposite each other, terminal (enantiodromic), and with an enveloped lorica."
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Key species of the family Colepidae (Prostomatida, Ciliophora) from Lake Baikal. LA Obolkina, Zoologichesky Zhurnal, 1995
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