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Teranymphites
Genus Teranymphites Poinar Parasites & Vectors, 2(12): 8. 18 Feb 2009
- Name
- Teranymphites
- 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
- 8
- Year
- 2009
- Parent Taxon
- [Class] Trichomonadophyceae
- Fossil Status
- bodies
- Type
- Teranymphites rhabdotis
- Diagnosis
- Medium sized oval cell, with short rostrum attached to intestinal cells of host; rostral flagella short; post-rostral area with parallel flagellar rings without
connections and giving the cell a segmented appearance; nucleus located under rostral area; putative axostyles (possibly 2) narrow, fiber-like.
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