Biology:Gromia appendiculariae

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Short description: Single-celled organism

Gromia appendiculariae
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Clade: Diaphoretickes
Clade: SAR
Phylum: Endomyxa
Class: Gromiidea
Order: Gromiida
Family: Gromiidae
Genus: Gromia
Species:
G. appendiculariae
Binomial name
Gromia appendiculariae
Brooks & Kellner, 1908

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

Wikidata ☰ Q62010094 entry