Paramoeba

Paramoeba
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Supergroup: Amorphea
Phylum: Amoebozoa
Class: Discosea
Order: Dactylopodida
Family: Paramoebidae
Genus: Paramoeba
Schaudinn 1896
Type species
Paramoeba eilhardi
Schaudinn 1896
Species
  • P. aparasomata Volkova et al. 2019
  • P. eilhardi Schaudinn 1896
  • ?P. hamiltoni
  • ?P. hominis Craig 1906
  • P. karteshi Volkova et al. 2019
  • ?P. perniciosa Sprague, Beckett & Sawyer 1969
  • P. perurans (Young et al. 2007) Feehan et al. 2013
  • ?P. schaudinni de Faria, Cunha & Pinto 1922

Paramoeba is a genus of common parasites, including species that can cause paramoebiasis in the blue crab, Callinectes sapidus.

References

  1. ↑ Frederick C. Page (1973). "Paramoeba: a common marine genus". Hydrobiologia. 41 (2): 183–188. Bibcode:1973HyBio..41..183P. doi:10.1007/BF00016444. S2CID 20281325.
  2. ↑ Phyllis T. Johnson (1977). "Paramoebiasis in the blue crab, Callinectes sapidus". Journal of Invertebrate Pathology. 29 (3): 308–320. Bibcode:1977JInvP..29..308J. doi:10.1016/S0022-2011(77)80036-0.