Spiromastigites

Genus Spiromastigites Poinar Parasites & Vectors, 2(12): 7. 18 Feb 2009

Name: Spiromastigites
Rank: Genus
Authors (Pub.): Poinar G. O.
Publication: Description of an early Cretaceous termite (Isoptera: Kalotermitidae) and its associated intestinal protozoa, with comments on their co-evolution [2009/2]
Journal: Parasites & Vectors
Volume: 2
Issue: 12
Page number: 7
Year: 2009
Parent Taxon: [Class] Trichomonadophyceae
Fossil Status: bodies
Type: Spiromastigites acanthodes
Diagnosis: Body bearing emergent processes (spines), some of which bear flagella at their tips; axostyle not observed; rostrum absent; nucleus positioned at midbody.

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Spiromastigites acanthodes

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