Orthonectida

Orthonectids
Two different female Orthonectids
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
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Phylum:
Orthonectida

Giard, 1877
Families

Orthonectida is a small phylum of poorly-known parasites of marine invertebrates. They are among the simplest of multi-cellular organisms.[1]

  1. Ben Hanelt, David Van Schyndel, Coen M. Adema, Louise A. Lewis & Eric S. Loker (November 1996). "The phylogenetic position of Rhopalura ophiocomae (Orthonectida) based on 18S ribosomal DNA sequence analysis". Molecular Biology and Evolution. 13 (9): 1187–1191. doi:10.1093/oxfordjournals.molbev.a025683. PMID 8896370.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)

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