Chromidina
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Chromidina is a genus of apostome ciliates of the family Opalinopsidae. Species of Chromidina are parasitic [3][5][6] in the renal and pancreatic appendages of cephalopods.
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Order: | Astomatophorida |
Family: | Opalinopsidae |
Genus: | Chromidina Gonder, 1905[1] |
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Chromidina elegans (Foettinger, 1881) [2] |
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In 2016, a molecular study found that the closest relatives of Chromidina spp. were species of the apostome Pseudocollinia.[4]