Psalteriomonas lanterna | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
(unranked): | Excavata |
Phylum: | Percolozoa |
Class: | Heterolobosea |
Order: | Schizopyrenida |
Family: | Vahlkampfiidae |
Genus: | Psalteriomonas |
Species: | P. lanterna |
Binomial name | |
Psalteriomonas lanterna Broers, Stumm, Vogels & Brugerolle, 1990 |
Psalteriomonas lanterna is a species of amoebae in the group of Heterolobosea. The cells of the flagellate stage show four nuclei, four ventral grooves and four mastigont systems, each with four flagella. It lacks a Golgi apparatus and reproduction occurs in both stages of its life cycle.