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Txikispora
''Txikispora'' is a genus of parasitic protists made up solely of the species ''Txikispora philomaios''. It is the only genus in the family Txikisporidae, which is a member of the class Filasterea and is closely related to Ministeriidae. The lineage was first described in 2022 based on specimens identified from the United Kingdom. The species represents a previously undiscovered type of life that diverged extremely early from animals and fungi. It parasitizes amphipods in the genera '' Echinogammarus'' and '' Orchestia'' and most frequently infects their hemolymph and hemocytes. Description The species goes through several stages of life. The first is as a single spherical cell, called the monokaryotic stage. It usually has a cell wall, and is characterized by a nucleus with a small nucleolus on its periphery and many small mitochondria with diverse lipoid structures. The next stage is multinucleated, and consists of four cells joined together and is somewhat larger. It app ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Orchestia
''Orchestia'' is a genus of amphipods in the family Talitridae Talitridae is a family of amphipods. Terrestrial species are often referred to as landhoppers and beach dwellers are called sandhoppers or sand fleas. The name sand flea is misleading, though, because these talitrid amphipods are not siphonapte .... Species in ''Orchestia'' are parasitized by the Filozoan species '' Txikispora philomaios''. Species The genus contains the following species: *'' Orchestia aestuarensis'' Wildish, 1987 *'' Orchestia aucklandiae'' Bate, 1862 *'' Orchestia bottae'' Milne-Edwards, 1840 *'' Orchestia canariensis'' Dahl, 1950 *'' Orchestia cavimana'' Heller, 1865 *'' Orchestia chevreuxi'' de Guerne, 1887 *'' Orchestia dassenensis'' (K. H. Barnard, 1916) *'' Orchestia gambierensis'' Chevreux, 1908 *'' Orchestia gammarellus'' (Pallas, 1766) *'' Orchestia ghigii'' Vecchi, 1929 *'' Orchestia gomeri'' Stock, 1989 *'' Orchestia grillus'' (Bosc, 1802) *'' Orchestia guancha'' Stock & Boxshall, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |