Chromosphaera perkinsii

Chromosphaera perkinsii
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
(unranked):	Opisthokonta
(unranked):	Holozoa
Class:	Mesomycetozoea
Order:	Dermocystida
Genus:	Chromosphaera
Species:	C. perkinsii
Binomial name
	Chromosphaera perkinsii; Frank Perkins

Chromosphaera perkinsii is a species of Ichthyosporeans from the order Dermocystida. Named after Professor Frank Perkins, it was isolated in shallow marine sediments in Hawaii by Stuart Donachie and collaborators. It is a rare case of a putatively free-living ichthyosporean, and possibly the only free-living dermocystid.[1]

References

Grau-Bové, Xavier; Torruella, Guifré; Donachie, Stuart; Suga, Hiroshi; Leonard, Guy; Richards, Thomas A; Ruiz-Trillo, Iñaki (2017-07-20). "Dynamics of genomic innovation in the unicellular ancestry of animals". eLife. 6. doi:10.7554/eLife.26036. ISSN 2050-084X. PMC 5560861.

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[1] Grau-Bové, Xavier; Torruella, Guifré; Donachie, Stuart; Suga, Hiroshi; Leonard, Guy; Richards, Thomas A; Ruiz-Trillo, Iñaki (2017-07-20). "Dynamics of genomic innovation in the unicellular ancestry of animals". eLife. 6. doi:10.7554/eLife.26036. ISSN 2050-084X. PMC 5560861.