Metopus filum

Metopus filum
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Clade: Sar
Clade: Alveolata
Phylum: Ciliophora
Class: Armophorea
Order: Metopida
Family: Metopidae
Genus: Metopus
Species:
M. filum
Binomial name
Metopus filum
Vďačný & Foissner, 2016

Metopus filum is a species of metopid first found in soil from the Murray River floodplain, Australia. It can be distinguished from its congeners by its thin body, an absence of cortical granules, and a low number of ciliary rows and adoral polykinetids.