Chilomastix bursa

Taxonavigation

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Protozoa
Subregnum: Eozoa
Infraregnum: Excavata
Phylum: Metamonada
Subphylum: Trichozoa
Superclassis: Eopharyngia
Classis: Retortamonadea
Ordo: Retortamonadida
Familia: Retortamonadidae
Genus: Chilomastix
Species: Chilomastix bursa

Name

Chilomastix bursa Moskowitz, J. Morph. 89: 272, figs. 18-20 (1961)

• Host: Ameiva fuliginosa (Cope, 1892)

Type locality: Isla de Providencia, Colombia

Synonyms

• Heterotypic
  • Chilomastix wenyoni Janakidevi, Z. Parasitenk. 20: 566, figs. 1-11 (Nov 1961) nom. illeg.

non Chilomastix wenyoni Markov, O.P.Bogdanov & Perfiljeva, Uzbeksk. Biol. Zhurn. 1961(3): 57 (1961)

• Host: Calotes nemoricola Jerdon, 1853
• Type locality: Suburb of Hyderabad City, India

References

Primary references

• Moskowitz, N. 1951. Observations on some intestinal flagellates from reptilian host (Squamata). Journal of Morphology 89(2): 257–321. DOI: 10.1002/jmor.1050890204 Reference page. 
• Janakidevi, K. 1961. A new species of Chilomastix Alexeieff, 1912 (Protozoa: Retortamonadines, Grassé, 1952) from the Indian lizard. Zeitschrift für Parasitenkunde 20: 563–567. DOI: 10.1007/BF00333239 Reference page.