Neoparamoeba
| Neoparamoeba | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification   | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota | 
| Clade: | Amorphea | 
| Phylum: | Amoebozoa | 
| Class: | Discosea | 
| Order: | Dactylopodida | 
| Family: | Vexilliferidae | 
| Genus: | Page 1987 | 
| Type species | |
| Neoparamoeba pemaquidensis (Page 1970) Page 1987 | |
| 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
- ^ "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.