Amoeba chaetognathi Grassi 1882
Publication Details
Amoeba chaetognathi Grassi 1882: 185, pl. 4: figs. 3-6, 17, 27 (as 'Chaetognathi')
Published in: Grassi, B. (1882). Intorno ad alcuni protisti endoparassitici ed appartenenti alle classi dei flagellati, lobosi, sporozoi e ciliati. Atti della Società Italiana di Scienze Naturali e del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Milano 24(2-3): 135-224, 4 plates.
Publication date: February 1882
Type Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Amoeba is Amoeba proteus (Pallas) Leidy.
Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Janickina chaetognathi (Grassi) Chatton.
Source of Synonymy
Volkova, E.N. & Kudryavtsev, A.A. (2021). A morphological and molecular reinvestigation of Janickina pigmentifera (Grassi, 1881) Chatton 1953 – an amoebozoan parasite of arrow-worms (Chaetognatha). International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology 71(11): article 5094 [1-12], 5 figures, 2 tables.
Created: 13 March 2006 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 12 January 2024
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E.A. Molinari Novoa in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 12 January 2024. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 23 November 2024