Auranticordis

Auranticordis
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
(unranked): SAR
(unranked): Rhizaria
Phylum: Cercozoa
Genus: Auranticordis
Chantangsi, Esson & Leander, 2008
Species: A. quadriverberis
Binomial name
Auranticordis quadriverberis
Chantangsi, Esson & Leander, 2008

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]

References

  1. 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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