Psalteriomonas lanterna
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| Psalteriomonas lanterna | |
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| Species: | P. lanterna |
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| Psalteriomonas lanterna Broers, Stumm, Vogels & Brugerolle, 1990 | |
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.[1]