Kantharella
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Kantharellidae is a family of worms belonging to the class Rhombozoa, order unassigned. The family consists of only one genus: Kantharella Czaker, 1994.[1] The only species in the genus is Kantharella antarctica.[2] This species is most closely related to other species of the order Dicyemida, which only has one other family, Dicyemidae.[3]
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Kantharella | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Dicyemida |
Class: | Rhombozoa |
Family: | Kantharellidae Czaker, 1994 |
Genus: | Kantharella Czaker, 1994 |
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Kantharella is characterized by species that are parasitic endosymbiotes[4] and live within renal sacs of species of cephalopods.[5] They consist of only about 30 cells and they feed off of nutrients in the urine of cephalopods.[5]