Gromia appendiculariae
Appearance
Gromia appendiculariae | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Clade: | Diaphoretickes |
Clade: | SAR |
Phylum: | Endomyxa |
Class: | Gromiidea |
Order: | Gromiida |
Family: | Gromiidae |
Genus: | Gromia |
Species: | G. appendiculariae
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Binomial name | |
Gromia appendiculariae Brooks & Kellner, 1908
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Gromia appendiculariae is a unicellular, and parasitic, organism in the genus Gromia, which closely resembles Gromia sphaerica.[1]
A specimen of G. appendiculariae was discovered as a parasite attached to the tail of a species of Oikopleura.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ "Gromia appendiculariae". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 7 February 2022.
- ^ "Papers from the Tortugas Laboratory of the Carnegie Institution of Washington". Carnegie Institution of Washington. 1908. p. 93. Retrieved 8 February 2022.