Genus of fishes
| 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
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Paramoeba is a genus of common parasites,[1] including species that can cause infection in fish,[2] crabs (including the "blue crab", Callinectes sapidus),[3] sea urchins[4] and others.
References
- ^ Frederick C. Page (1973). "Paramoeba: a common marine genus". Hydrobiologia. 41 (2): 183–188. doi:10.1007/BF00016444. S2CID 20281325.
- ^ Athanassopoulou F, Cawthorn R, Lytra K (October 2002). "Amoeba-like infections in cultured marine fishes: systemic infection in pompano Trachinotus falcatus L. from Singapore and gill disease associated with Paramoeba sp. in sea bream Sparus aurata L. from Greece". Journal of Veterinary Medicine, Series B. 49 (8): 411–412. doi:10.1046/j.1439-0450.2002.00583.x. PMID 12449253. Archived from the original on 2013-01-05.
- ^ Phyllis T. Johnson (1977). "Paramoebiasis in the blue crab, Callinectes sapidus". Journal of Invertebrate Pathology. 29 (3): 308–320. doi:10.1016/S0022-2011(77)80036-0.
- ^ G. M. Jones (1985). "Paramoeba invadens n. sp. (Amoebida, Paramoebidae), a pathogenic amoeba from the sea urchin, Strongylocentrotus droebachiensis, in Eastern Canada". Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology. 32 (4): 564–569. doi:10.1111/j.1550-7408.1985.tb03075.x.
Amoebozoa
- Domain
- Archaea
- Bacteria
- Eukaryota
- (major groups
- Excavata
- Diaphoretickes
- Hacrobia
- Rhizaria
- Alveolata
- Stramenopiles
- Plants
- Amorphea
- Amoebozoa
- Opisthokonta
- Animals
- Fungi)
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| incertae sedis | |
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 Category:Amoebozoa
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