Chromidina

Chromidina
	Chromidina sp.
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
(unranked):	SAR
(unranked):	Alveolata
Phylum:	Ciliophora
Class:	Oligohymenophorea
Order:	Astomatophorida
Family:	Opalinopsidae
Genus:	Chromidina; Gonder, 1905
Species
	Chromidina elegans (Foettinger, 1881) ; Chromidina coronata (Foettinger, 1881) ; Chromidina cortezi (Hochberg, 1971) ; Chromidina chattoni Souidenne et al., 2016

Chromidina is a genus of apostome ciliates of the family Opalinopsidae. Species of Chromidina are parasitic in the renal and pancreatic appendages of cephalopods.

In 2016, a molecular study found that the closest relatives of Chromidina spp. were species of the apostome Pseudocollinia.

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