Blepharisma Perty, 1849 Dataset GBIF Backbone Taxonomy Rank GENUS Published in Mitt. Nat. Ges. Bern, 1849, 170. Classification kingdom Protozoa phylum Ciliophora class Heterotrichea order Heterotrichida family Spirostomidae genus Blepharisma Name Homonyms Blepharisma Hirshfield, Isquith & Bhandary, 1965 Blepharisma Perty, 1849