Phylum Ciliophora Order Apostomatida Genus Chromidina | Class Oligohymenophorea Family Opalinopsidae Rank Species | |
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Chromidina elegans is a species of ciliates, described in 2016. It is parasitic in the kidney appendages of the cuttlefish Loligo vulgaris. The type-locality is off Tunisia in the Mediterranean Sea.
The name of the species refers to French biologist Édouard Chatton, who worked on species of Chromidina.
References
Chromidina chattoni Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA