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Gromia appendiculariae

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Gromia appendiculariae
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Clade: Diaphoretickes
Clade: SAR
Phylum: Endomyxa
Class: Gromiidea
Order: Gromiida
Family: Gromiidae
Genus: Gromia
Species:
G. appendiculariae
Binomial name
Gromia appendiculariae
Brooks & Kellner, 1908

Gromia appendiculariae is a unicellular, and parasitic, organism in the genus Gromia, which closely resembles Gromia sphaerica.[1]

A specimen of G. appendiculariae was discovered as a parasite attached to the tail of a species of Oikopleura.[2]

References

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  1. ^ "Gromia appendiculariae". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 7 February 2022.
  2. ^ "Papers from the Tortugas Laboratory of the Carnegie Institution of Washington". Carnegie Institution of Washington. 1908. p. 93. Retrieved 8 February 2022.