Karotomorpha

Karotomorpha
Scientific classification
(unranked): SAR
Superphylum: Heterokonta
Class: Opalinea
Order: Slopalinida
Family: Proteromonadidae
Genus: Karotomorpha

Karotomorpha is a genus of parasite with a flagellum structure.[1] This organism can infect a variety of higher life forms including a number of amphibians. For example, this genus is known to be a parasite of the rough-skinned newt, a widespread newt in the western USA.[2]

See also

References

  1. Uniprot Taxonomy: Genus Karotomorpha
  2. C. Michael Hogan (2008) Rough-skinned Newt ("Taricha granulosa"), GlobalTwitcher, ed. N. Stromberg


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