Chromosphaera perkinsii | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota
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(unranked): | Opisthokonta
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(unranked): | Holozoa
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Class: | Mesomycetozoea
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Order: | Dermocystida
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Genus: | Chromosphaera
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Species: | C. perkinsii
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Binomial name | |
Chromosphaera perkinsii Frank Perkins
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Chromosphaera perkinsii is a species of Ichthyosporea from the order Dermocystida. Named after Professor Frank Perkins, it was isolated in shallow marine sediments in Hawaii by Stuart Donachie and collaborators. It is a rare case of a putatively free-living ichthyosporean, and possibly the only free-living dermocystid.[1]