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.

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