Paramoeba

Paramoeba
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
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,^[1] including species that can cause paramoebiasis in the blue crab, Callinectes sapidus.^[2]

References

↑ Frederick C. Page (1973). "Paramoeba: a common marine genus". Hydrobiologia. 41 (2): 183–188. Bibcode:1973HyBio..41..183P. doi:10.1007/BF00016444. S2CID 20281325.
↑ 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.

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