Multigene‐based phylogeny analyses of the controversial family Condylostomatidae (Ciliophora, Heterotrichea)

Condylostoma , the type genus of the family Condylostomatidae, is a well‐known and taxonomically confusing genus with more than 30 nominal species. The phylogenetic relationships among congeners and related genera remain obscure despite the continuous discovery of new species and detailed redescription of known species over the past decades. Based on a total of 24 new sequences obtained from nine Condylostoma isolates, we conducted phylogenetic...