Neoparamoeba
Appearance
Neoparamoeba | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Phylum: | Amoebozoa |
Class: | Discosea |
Order: | Dactylopodida |
Family: | Vexilliferidae |
Genus: | Neoparamoeba Page 1987 |
Type species | |
Neoparamoeba pemaquidensis (Page 1970) Page 1987
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Species | |
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Neoparamoeba is a genus of Amoebozoa.[1] Species contain intracellular kinetoplastid parasites, of the genus Perkinsela, which are maintained in close contact with the nucleus and are considered obligatory and mutualistic.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ "The Amoebae". Retrieved June 25, 2009.
- ^ Dyková, Iva; Fiala, Ivan; Lom, Jiří; Lukeš, Julius (2003). "Perkinsiella amoebae-like endosymbionts of Neoparamoeba spp., relatives of the kinetoplastid Ichthyobodo". European Journal of Protistology. 39: 37–52. doi:10.1078/0932-4739-00901.