Biology:Metopus palaeformides
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Short description: Species of single-celled organism
| Metopus palaeformides | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota
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| (unranked): | |
| (unranked): | Alveolata
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| Phylum: | Ciliophora
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| Subphylum: | |
| Order: | Armophorida
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| Family: | Metopidae
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| Genus: | |
| Species: | M. palaeformides
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| Binomial name | |
| Metopus palaeformides Vďačný & Foissner, 2016
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Metopus palaeformides is a species of metopid first found in soil from the Murray River floodplain, Australia. It closely resembles Heterometopus palaeformis, but can be distinguished from its cogenerate species by the size of its body, number of adoral polykinetids and its oral area pattern.[1]
References
- ↑ Vďačný, Peter; Foissner, Wilhelm (2016). "A huge diversity of metopids (Ciliophora, Armophorea) in soil from the Murray River floodplain, Australia. I. Description of five new species and redescription of Metopus setosus Kahl, 1927". European Journal of Protistology 58: 35–76. doi:10.1016/j.ejop.2016.12.001. ISSN 0932-4739. PMID 28131035.
Wikidata ☰ Q28059685 entry
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