| molecular and morphological analysis of the calonymphidae with a description of calonympha chia sp. nov., snyderella kirbyi sp. nov., snyderella swezyae sp. nov., and snyderella yamini sp. nov. | calonymphids are a group of multinucleate, multiflagellate protists belonging to the cristamonadida (parabasalia) that are found exclusively in the hindgut of termites from the family kalotermitidae. despite their impressive morphological complexity and diversity, few species have been formally described and fewer still have been characterized at the molecular level. we have isolated and characterized four new species of calonymphids: calonympha chia and snyderella yamini spp. nov., from neoterm ... | 2010 | 21112987 |