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Chromidina chattoni

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Phylum
  
Ciliophora

Order
  
Genus
  
Family
  
Opalinopsidae

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Species

Chromidina chattoni

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


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