Chromosphaera perkinsii

Chromosphaera perkinsii is a species of Ichthyosporea from the order Dermocystida. Named after Professor Frank Perkins, it was isolated in shallow marine sediments in Hawaii by Stuart Donachie and collaborators. It is a rare case of a putatively free-living ichthyosporean, and possibly the only free-living dermocystid.^[1] in 2024, a team from the University of Geneva observed that this species forms multicellular structures that bear striking similarities to animal embryos.^[2]

Chromosphaera perkinsii
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
(unranked):	Opisthokonta
(unranked):	Holozoa
Class:	Mesomycetozoea
Order:	Dermocystida
Genus:	Chromosphaera
Species:	C. perkinsii
Binomial name
Chromosphaera perkinsii Grau-Bové, 2017