Octomitus

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. acuminatus – O. elongatus – O. intestinalis – O. neglectus – O. periplanetae – O. pulcher

Name

Octomitus Prowazek, Arb. Kaiserl. Gesundheitsamte 21: 38 (1904) ("Oktomitus")

• Type species: Octomitus intestinalis Prowazek (1904)

Synonyms

• Heterotypic
  • Syndyomita Lavier, Compt. Rend. Hebd. Séances Mém. Soc. Biol. Fil. 121: 1180 (1936)
    • Type species: Syndyomita neglecta Lavier (1936)

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. 
• Lavier, G. 1936. Sur la structure des flagellés du genre Hexamita Duj. Comptes rendus hebdomadaires des séances et mémoires de la Société de Biologie et des ses filiales et associées 121(12): 1177–1180. Gallica PDF 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. 
• 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