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Intoshia linei

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Intoshia linei
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Orthonectida
Family: Rhopaluridae
Genus: Intoshia
Species:
I. linei
Binomial name
Intoshia linei
Giard, 1877

Intoshia linei is a species of parasitic worms belonging to the family Rhopaluridae.[1]

It is the only species from the phylum Orthonectida which genome has been sequenced.[2]

References

  1. ^ "Intoshia linei Giard, 1877". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 5 July 2021.
  2. ^ Mikhailov, Kirill V; Slyusarev, Georgy S; Nikitin, Mikhail A; Logacheva, Maria D; Penin, Aleksey A; Aleoshin, Vladimir V; Panchin, Yuri V (2016). "The Genome of Intoshia linei Affirms Orthonectids as Highly Simplified Spiralians". Current Biology. 26 (13): 1768–74. doi:10.1016/j.cub.2016.05.007. PMID 27374341.