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| Filipodium | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Clade: | Sar |
| Clade: | Alveolata |
| Class: | Squirmidea |
| Order: | Squirmida |
| Family: | Filipodiidae Cavalier-Smith 2014 |
| Genus: | Filipodium Hukui 1939 |
| Type species | |
| Filipodium ozakai Hukui 1939 | |
| Species | |
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The Filipodium is a genus of parasitic alveolates in Squirmida.[1] This genus was described by Hukui in 1939.[2]
Taxonomy
[edit]It is a squirmid.[1] The type species is Filipodium ozakai.[2]
Description
[edit]The trophonts of the genus Filipodium are covered with hair-like projections called cytopili and possess a high capacity for contraction, such as bending and twisting. These trophonts are supported by tubular extensions of the cortical alveoli but lack a microtubular or fibrillar axoneme. In some species, at least the cytopili are arranged longitudinally in every third or fifth longitudinal groove; the cell tip is flattened, can often expand laterally, and is triangular in shape with rounded corners, being wider than the body.[1]
Life cycle
[edit]The species infects sipunculid worms.[1]
References
[edit]- 1 2 3 4 Cavalier-Smith, Thomas (2014-10-01). "Gregarine site-heterogeneous 18S rDNA trees, revision of gregarine higher classification, and the evolutionary diversification of Sporozoa". European Journal of Protistology. 50 (5): 472–495. doi:10.1016/j.ejop.2014.07.002. ISSN 0932-4739.
- 1 2 Hukui, Tosito (1939). "On the gregarines from Siphonosoma cumanense (Keferstein), Spengel". Journal of Science, Hiroshima University, Division 1, Zoology. 7: 1–23.
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