Auranticordis
Auranticordis is a genus of marine meiofaunal amoeboflagellates. The sole known species, Auranticordis quadriverberis, is a heart shaped cell with four flagellae. It contains orange inclusions which may be cyanobacterial endosymbionts.[1]
| Auranticordis | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Chromista |
| Phylum: | Cercozoa |
| Class: | Imbricatea |
| Order: | Marimonadida |
| Family: | Auranticordidae |
| Genus: | Auranticordis Chantangsi, Esson & Leander, 2008 |
| Species: | A. quadriverberis |
| Binomial name | |
| Auranticordis quadriverberis Chantangsi, Esson & Leander, 2008 | |
References
- Chitchai Chantangsi, Heather J. Esson & Brian S. Leander (2008). "Morphology and molecular phylogeny of a marine interstitial tetraflagellate with putative endosymbionts: Auranticordis quadriverberis n. gen. et sp. (Cercozoa)". BMC Microbiology. 8: 123. doi:10.1186/1471-2180-8-123. PMC 2500021. PMID 18647416.
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