Giardia

Giardia muris

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Giardiida
Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Protozoa Subregnum: Eozoa Infraregnum: Excavata Phylum: Metamonada Subphylum: Trichozoa Superclassis: Eopharyngia Classis: Trepomonadea Subclassis: Diplozoa Ordo: Giardiida

Familia: Octomitidae
Genus: Giardia
Species: G. agilis – G. ardeae – G. bradypi – G. duodenalis – G. equii – G. irarae – G. lamblia – G. microti – G. muris – G. peramelis – G. psittaci

Name

Giardia Künstler, Compt. Rend. Hebd. Séances Acad. Sci. 95: 349 (14 Aug 1882)

Type species: Giardia agilis Künstler

Synonyms

• Heterotypic
• Dimorphus Grassi, Gazz. Med. Ital. Lomb. 39: 446, 448 (1879), nom. illeg. non Dimorphus G.Haller, Z. Wiss. Zool. 30: 514 (1878) (Analgidae, Arachnida, Animalia)
  • Type species: Dimorphus muris Grassi
• Homotypic
  • Megastoma Grassi, Atti Soc. Ital. Sci. Nat. 24: 167 (1882), nom. illeg. non Megastoma Swainson (1837) (Tyrannidae, Aves, Animalia)
  • Lamblia R. Blanch. in Railliet, Élém. Zool. Méd. 1004 (1886)

References

Primary references

• Grassi, G.B. 1879. Dei protozoi parassiti e specialmente di quelli che sono nell'uomo. Gazzetta medica italiana, Lombardia 39(45): 445–448. Google Books Reference page. 
• Grassi, G.B. 1882. Intorno ad alcuni protisti endoparassitici ed appartenenti alle classi dei Flagellati, Lobosi, Sporozoi e Ciliati. Atti della Società Italiana di Scienze Naturali 24(2-3): 135–224. BHL Reference page. 
• Künstler, J. 1882. Sur cinq Protozoaires parasites nouveaux. Comptes Rendus hébdomadaires des Séances de l’Académie des Sciences Paris 95(7): 347–349. Google Books Reference page. 

Additional references

• Kulda, J. & Nohýnková, E. 1978. Flagellates of the human intestine and of intestines of other species. In: Kreier, J. P. (Ed.), Parasitic Protozoa. Intestinal flagellates, histomonads, trichomonads, amoeba, opalinids, and ciliates. New York-San Francisco-London: Academic Press, 2: 1-138. Reference page. 
• Kulda, J. & Nohynková, E. 1995. Giardia in Humans and Animals. In: Kreier, J.P. (ed.), Parasitic Protozoa, ed. 2, 10: 225-422. San Diego: Academic Press. Google Books
• Plutzer, J., Ongerth, J., Karanis, P. (2010) Giardia taxonomy, phylogeny and epidemiology: Facts and open questions. International Journal of Hygiene and Environmental Health 213(5): 321-333. DOI: 10.1016/j.ijheh.2010.06.005

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