Crithidia otongatchiensis is a species of monoxenous trypanosomatid. It is known to parasitise Brachycera flies, and was first found in Ecuador.[1]
| Crithidia otongatchiensis | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Phylum: | Euglenozoa |
| Class: | Kinetoplastea |
| Order: | Trypanosomatida |
| Family: | Trypanosomatidae |
| Genus: | Crithidia |
| Species: | C. otongatchiensis
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| Binomial name | |
| Crithidia otongatchiensis Yurchenko et al., 2014
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References
edit- ^ Yurchenko, Vyacheslav; Votypka, Jan; Tesarova, Martina; Klepetkova, Helena; Kraeva, Natalya; Jirku, Milan; Lukes, Julius (2014). "Ultrastructure and molecular phylogeny of four new species of monoxenous trypanosomatids from flies (Diptera: Brachycera) with redefinition of the genus Wallaceina". Folia Parasitologica. 61 (2): 97–112. doi:10.14411/fp.2014.023. ISSN 0015-5683. PMID 24822316.
Further reading
edit- Votýpka, Jan, et al. "Kentomonas gen. n., a New Genus of Endosymbiont-containing Trypanosomatids of Strigomonadinae subfam. n." Protist 165.6 (2014): 825–838.
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