Yogsothoth (protist)
Yogsothoth is a genus of centrohelid protists, distinguished by the shape and arrangement of their external scales as well as their colonial life strategy. It was described in November 2018 by Shɨshkin and Zlatogursky, and is part of a newly described clade of centrohelids, determined as such by analysis of molecular data.
| Yogsothoth | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Clade: | Diaphoretickes |
| Phylum: | Haptista |
| Class: | Centroplasthelida |
| Superorder: | Panacanthocystida |
| Order: | Chthonida Shɨshkin & Zlatogursky, 2018 |
| Suborder: | Yogsothothina Shɨshkin & Zlatogursky, 2018 |
| Family: | Yogsothothidae Shɨshkin & Zlatogursky, 2018 |
| Genus: | Yogsothoth Shɨshkin & Zlatogursky, 2018 |
| Type species | |
| Yogsothoth knorrus Shɨshkin & Zlatogursky, 2018 | |
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