Metopus palaeformides

Metopus palaeformides
Scientific classification
Domain:
Eukaryota
(unranked):
SAR
(unranked):
Alveolata
Phylum:
Ciliophora
Subphylum:
Intramacronucleata
Order:
Armophorida
Family:
Metopidae
Genus:
Metopus
Species:
M. palaeformides
Binomial name
Metopus palaeformides
Vďačný & Foissner, 2016

Metopus palaeformides is a species of metopid first found in soil from the Murray River floodplain, Australia. It closely resembles Heterometopus palaeformis, but can be distinguished from its cogenerate species by the size of its body, number of adoral polykinetids and its oral area pattern.

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