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Meringosphaera

Meringosphaera is a genus of protists belonging to the centrohelids.

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Meringosphaera
Scientific classification
Domain:
Eukaryota
Class:
Centrohelida
Genus:
Meringosphaera

Lohmann, 1902

Meringosphaera is a genus of protists belonging to the centrohelids.1

The species of this genus are reported to have worldwide distribution1 including in Eurasia, Africa and Northern America.2

Species:2

  • Meringosphaera aculeata Pascher
  • Meringosphaera mediterranea Lohmann
  • Meringosphaera spinosa Prescott
  • Meringosphaera tenerrima Schiller
References

References

  1. Zlatogursky, Vasily V.; Shɨshkin, Yegor; Drachko, Daria; Burki, Fabien (2021). "The long‐time orphan protist Meringosphaera mediterranea Lohmann, 1902 [1903] is a centrohelid heliozoan" (PDF). Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology. 68 (5). bioRxiv 10.1101/2021.03.17.435794. doi:10.1111/jeu.12860. ISSN 1066-5234. PMID 34048133. S2CID 232327323.
  2. "Meringosphaera Lohmann, 1903". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 30 April 2021.