Chromidina chattoni

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Chromidina chattoni
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Chromidina chattoni, hapantotype and parahapantotypes
Scientific classification
Domain:
Eukaryota
(unranked):
SAR
(unranked):
Alveolata
Phylum:
Ciliophora
Class:
Oligohymenophorea
Order:
Apostomatida
Family:
Opalinopsidae
Genus:
Chromidina
Species:
C. chattoni
Binomial name
Chromidina chattoni
Souidenne, Florent and Grellier, 2016
Loligo vulgaris, the host of Chromidina chattoni Loligo vulgaris.jpg
Loligo vulgaris , the host of Chromidina chattoni

Chromidina elegans is a species of ciliates, described in 2016. It is parasitic in the kidney appendages of the cuttlefish Loligo vulgaris . The type-locality is off Tunisia in the Mediterranean Sea. [1]

The name of the species refers to French biologist Édouard Chatton, who worked on species of Chromidina . [2]

References

  1. ↑ Souidenne, Dhikra; Florent, Isabelle; Dellinger, Marc; Justine, Jean Lou; Romdhane, Mohamed Salah; Furuya, Hidetaka; Grellier, Philippe (2016). "Diversity of apostome ciliates, Chromidina spp. (Oligohymenophorea, Opalinopsidae), parasites of cephalopods of the Mediterranean Sea". Parasite. 23: 33. doi:10.1051/parasite/2016033. ISSN   1776-1042. PMC   4988119 . PMID   27530149. Open Access logo PLoS transparent.svg
  2. ↑ Chatton E, Lwoff A. 1935. Les Ciliés Apostomes. Morphologie, cytologie, éthologie, évolution, systématique. Première partie. Aperçu historique et général. Étude monographique des genres et des espèces. Archives de Zoologie Expérimentale et Générale, 77, 1-453.
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