Myxophyllum steenstrupi

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Myxophyllum steenstrupi
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Domain: Eukaryota
Clade: Diaphoretickes
Clade: SAR
Clade: Alveolata
Phylum: Ciliophora
Class: Oligohymenophorea
Order: Philasterida
Family: Thigmophryidae
Genus: Myxophyllum
Species:
M. steenstrupi
Binomial name
Myxophyllum steenstrupi
(Stein, 1861) Raabe, 1934

Myxophyllum steenstrupi is a symbiotic ciliate living in the body slime and mantle cavity of terrestrial pulmonates which was rediscovered after almost 30 years. [1]

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References

  1. Zhang, Tengyue; Vďačný, Peter (2021). "Re-discovery and novel contributions to morphology and multigene phylogeny of Myxophyllum steenstrupi (Ciliophora: Pleuronematida), an obligate symbiont of terrestrial pulmonates". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 192 (1): 1–23. doi:10.1093/zoolinnean/zlaa095.