Balantioides

Taxonavigation

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Chromista
Subregnum: Harosa
Infraregnum: Alveolata
Phylum: Ciliophora
Subphylum: Intramacronucleata
Infraphylum: Rhabdophora
Classis: Litostomatea
Subclassis: Trichostomatia
Ordo: Vestibuliferida
Familia: Balantidiidae
Genus: Balantioides
Species: B. coli

Name

Balantioides A.G.Alexeieff, Compt. Rend. Hebd. Séances Mém. Soc. Biol. Fil. 107: 211 (1931)

• Type species: Balantioides coli (Malmsten) A.G.Alexeieff (1931)

Synonyms

• Homotypic
  • Neobalantidium Pomajbíková et al. (2013) nom. illeg.

References

Primary references

• Alexeieff, A. 1931. Sur quelques particularités de structure de Balantioides (nom. nov.) coli (Malmsten). Comptes rendus hebdomadaires des séances et mémoires de la Société de Biologie et des ses filiales et associées 107: 210–211. Gallica PDF Reference page. 

Additional references

• Pomajbiková, K., Oboromik, M., Horák, A., Petrzelkova, K.J., Grim, J.N., Levecke, B., Todd, A., Mulama, M., Kiyang, J., Modrý D. 2013. Novel insights into the genetic diversity of Balantidium and Balantidium-like cyst–forming ciliates. Plos Neglected Tropical Disease 7: 1–10. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0002140.
• Chistyakova, L.V., Kostygov, A.Yu., Kornilova, O.A. & Yurchenko, V. 2014. Reisolation and redescription of Balantidium duodeni Stein, 1867 (Litostomatea, Trichostomatia). Parasitology Research 113(11): 4207–4215. DOI: 10.1007/s00436-014-4096-1.