Raphidiophrys drakena

Raphidiophrys drakena is a species of protist in the genus of Raphidiophrys. It is a unicellular eukaryote with a cell diameter of 26.7±0.39 μm and several cell surface features like axopodia, kinecysts and a tangential scale layer. The scales have a length of 6.0±0.18 μm and a width of 3.5±0.14 μm. R. drakena differs from other morphologically studied members of the genus Rhaphidiophrys by lacking spicules on its surface.[1]

Raphidiophrys drakena
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Binomial name
Raphidiophrys drakena
Zlatogursky, 2016

References

  1. Zlatogursky, V. V. There and Back Again: Parallel Evolution of Cell Coverings in Centrohelid Heliozoans. Protist 167, 51-66 (2016).
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