Txikispora | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
(unranked): | Filozoa |
Class: | Filasterea |
Family: | Txikisporidae |
Genus: | Txikispora |
Species: | T. philomaios
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Binomial name | |
Txikispora philomaios Urrutia, Feist & Bass
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Txikispora is a genus of parasitic protists made up solely of the species Txikispora philomaios. It is the only genus in the family Txikisporidae, which is a member of the class Filasterea and is closely related to Ministeriidae. The lineage was first described in 2022 based on specimens identified from the United Kingdom. The species represents a previously undiscovered type of life that diverged extremely early from animals and fungi.[1] It parasitizes amphipods in the genera Echinogammarus and Orchestia and most frequently infects their hemolymph and hemocytes.
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