| Psalteriomonas lanterna | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| (unranked): | Excavata |
| Phylum: | Percolozoa |
| Class: | Heterolobosea |
| Order: | Schizopyrenida |
| Family: | Vahlkampfiidae |
| Genus: | Psalteriomonas |
| Species: | P. lanterna |
| Binomial name | |
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Psalteriomonas lanterna Broers, Stumm, Vogels & Brugerolle, 1990 |
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Psalteriomonas lanterna is a species of amoebae in the group of Heterolobosea. The cells of the flagellate stage show four nuclei, four ventral grooves and four mastigont systems, each with four flagella. It lacks a Golgi apparatus and reproduction occurs in both stages of its life cycle.