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Microrhopalodites
Genus Microrhopalodites Poinar Parasites & Vectors, 2(12): 9. 18 Feb 2009
- Name
- Microrhopalodites
- 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
- 9
- Year
- 2009
- Parent Taxon
- [Class] Trichomonadophyceae
- Fossil Status
- bodies
- Type
- Microrhopalodites polynucleatis
- Diagnosis
- Large multinucleated flagellate with corona containing several karyomastigotes with small, anteriorly positioned nuclei; base of rostral area with filaments that extend posteriorly as axostyles; flagella attached at base
of rostellum extend at least to midbody; rostral area hemi-spherical in shape.
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