Cthulhu macrofasciculumque
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Phylum: | Metamonada |
| Subphylum: | Trichozoa |
| (unranked): | Parabasalia |
| Class: | incertae sedis |
| Genus: | Cthulhu James & Keeling, 2012 |
| Species: | C. macrofasciculumque
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| Cthulhu macrofasciculumque James & Keeling, 2012
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Cthulhu macrofasciculumque is a species of excavates. It lives in the guts of termites.[1]
Habitat
It lives in the hindgut of Prorhinotermes simplex (Cuban subterranean termite) and helps them to digest wood.[2]
Appearance
The microbe's length is about a fifth of the width of a
flagella. Cthylla is slightly smaller, with only five flagella.[3]
Naming
The
Cthylla.[1]
See also
- Eastern subterranean termite
References
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Cthulhu macrofasciculumque.
- ^ PMID 23526991.
- ^ Netburn, Deborah (5 April 2013). "A teeny tiny Cthulhu monster, found in a termite's gut". L. A. Times. Archived from the original on 19 June 2019. Retrieved 9 April 2013.
- ^ O'Carroll, Eoin (5 April 2013). "Cthulhu fhtagn! Indescribably terrifying microbes named for Lovecraft monsters". Christian Science Monitor. Retrieved 9 April 2013.
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