Psalteriomonas lanterna

Psalteriomonas
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
(unranked): Excavata
Phylum: Percolozoa
Class: Heterolobosea
Order: Schizopyrenida
Family: Vahlkampfiidae
Genus: Psalteriomonas
Species: Psalteriomonas lanterna
Broers, Stumm, Vogels & Brugerolle, 1990

Psalteriomonas lanterna is a species of amoebae in the group of Heterolobosea. The cells of the flagellate stage show four nuclei, four ventral grooves and four mastigont systems, each with four flagella. It lacks a Golgi apparatus and reproduction occurs in both stages of its life cycle.[1]

References

  1. Broers, Cees A.M.; Stumm, Claudius K.; Vogels, Godfried D.; Brugerolle, Guy (1990). "Psalteriomonas lanterna gen. nov., sp. nov., a free-living amoeboflagellate isolated from freshwater anaerobic sediments". European Journal of Protistology. 25 (4): 369–380. doi:10.1016/S0932-4739(11)80130-6. ISSN 0932-4739.

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