Kantharella
Sign in to saveKantharellidae is a family of worms belonging to the class Rhombozoa, order unassigned. The family consists of only one genus: Kantharella Czaker, 1994. The only species in the genus is Kantharella antarctica. This species is most closely related to other species of the order Dicyemida, which only has one other family, Dicyemidae.
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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. The only species in the genus is Kantharella antarctica. This species is most closely related to other species of the order Dicyemida, which only has one other family, Dicyemidae.
Kantharella is characterized by species that are parasitic endosymbiotes and live within renal sacs of species of cephalopods. They consist of only about 30 cells and they feed off of nutrients in the urine of cephalopods.
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