Octomitus intestinalis

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: Octomitus
Species: O. intestinalis

Name

Octomitus intestinalis Prowazek, Arb. Kaiserl. Gesundheitsamte 21: 38, pl. 4, fig. 107 (1904) ("Oktomitus")

non Octomitus intestinalis (Dujard.) Fonseca, Estud. Flagell. Parasit. Brazil: 141 (1915), nom. illeg. - see Hexamita intestinalis Dujard. 1841

References

Primary references

• Prowazek, S. 1904. Untersuchungen über einige parasitische Flagellaten. Arbeiten aus dem Kaiserlichen Gesundheitsamte 21: 1–41. DOI: 10.25646/6371 Reference page. 

Additional references

• Keeling, P.J., & Brugerolle, G. 2006. Evidence from SSU rRNA phylogeny that Octomitus is a sister lineage to Giardia. Protist 157 (2): 205–212. DOI: 10.1016/j.protis.2006.01.003