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Meristacraceae
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Meristacraceae

Meristacrum is a fungal genus in the monotypic family Meristacraceae, of the order Entomophthorales. They are parasites of soil invertebrates, they typically infect nematodes, and tardigrades.

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2 branches of this family, most-observed first

Ballocephala

genusBallocephala

Meristacrum

genusMeristacrum

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 1075346.