Cthulhu macrofasciculumqueCthulhu macrofasciculumque is a species of excavates. It lives in the guts of termites.HabitatIt lives in the hindgut of Prorhinotermes simplex and helps them to digest wood.AppearanceThe microbe's length is about a fifth of the width of a human hair, in the range of 10 to 20 μm, and it has around 20 flagella. Cthylla is slightly smaller, with only five flagella.NamingThe octopus-like movements and appearance of Cthulhu macrofasciculumque reminded researcher Erick James of Cthulhu, H. P. Lovecraft's fictional cosmic entity. James named the other protist, Cthylla microfasciculumque, after Cthulhu's "daughter" Cthylla.