Retortamonadidae

Taxonavigation

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Protozoa
Subregnum: Eozoa
Infraregnum: Excavata
Phylum: Metamonada
Subphylum: Trichozoa
Superclassis: Eopharyngia
Classis: Retortamonadea
Ordo: Retortamonadida
Genus: Chilomastix - Retortamonas

Name

Retortamonadidae Wenrich, Trans. Amer. Microscop. Soc. 51: 233, 237 (1932)

Synonyms

• Chilomastigidae Wenyon, Protozoology 1: 287 (1926)
  • Embadomonadinae Chalmers & Pekkola, J. Trop. Med. Hyg. 21: 130 (1918)

References

Primary references

• Wenrich, D.H. 1932. The relation of the Protozoan flagellate, Retortamonas gryllotalpae (Grassi, 1879) Stiles, 1902 to the species of the genus Embadomonas Mackinnon, 1911. Transactions of the American Microscopical Society 51(4): 225–238. DOI: 10.2307/3222269 Reference page. 
• Wenyon, C.M. 1926. Protozoology. A manual for medical men, veterinarians and zoologists. Vols 1–2. London: Baillière, Tindall & Cox. 1563 p. DOI: 10.5962/bhl.title.7465 (BHL: Vol. 1) PDF Vol. 1 PDF Vol. 2 Reference page. 
• Chalmers, A.J. & Pekkola, W. 1918. Enteromonas hominis and Protetramitus testudinis. Journal of tropical medicine and hygiene 21(13): 129–133. PDF Reference page.