Chromidina chattoni
| Chromidina chattoni | |
|---|---|
| Chromidina chattoni, hapantotype and parahapantotypes | |
| Scientific classification | |
| (unranked): | SAR |
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| Class: | Oligohymenophorea |
| Order: | |
| Family: | Opalinopsidae |
| Genus: | |
| Species: | C. chattoni |
| Binomial name | |
| Chromidina chattoni Souidenne, Florent and Grellier, 2016 | |
Chromidina elegans is a species of ciliates, described in 2016. It is parasitic in the kidney appendages of the cuttlefish Loligo vulgaris. The type-locality is off Tunisia in the Mediterranean Sea.
The name of the species refers to French biologist Édouard Chatton, who worked on species of Chromidina.
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