Myxophyllum steenstrupi

Myxophyllum steenstrupi
Scientific classification
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

Last updated May 29, 2025

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]

References

↑ 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.

James H. Penn (1958). "Studies on Ciliates from Mollusks of Iowa". Proceedings of the Iowa Academy of Science. 65 (74): 517–534.
"Myxophyllum steenstrupi".

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[Zhang-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.

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