Intoshia linei is a species of parasitic worms belonging to the family Rhopaluridae.[1]
| Intoshia linei | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Orthonectida |
| Family: | Rhopaluridae |
| Genus: | Intoshia |
| Species: | I. linei
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| Binomial name | |
| Intoshia linei Giard, 1877
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It is the only species from the phylum Orthonectida which genome has been sequenced.[2]
References edit
- ^ "Intoshia linei Giard, 1877". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 5 July 2021.
- ^ 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.