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Pyrsonymphites
Genus Pyrsonymphites Poinar Parasites & Vectors, 2(12): 11. 18 Feb 2009
- Name
- Pyrsonymphites
- 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
- 11
- Year
- 2009
- Parent Taxon
- [Class] Trichomonadophyceae
- Fossil Status
- bodies
- Type
- Pyrsonymphites cordylinis
- Diagnosis
- Large club-shaped, slightly spirally twisted flagellate with two nuclei positioned slightly below midbody; with several flagella (some adhering to cell body) arising from anterior end of cell; anterior tip with thickened tubular area; axostyle not detected.
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