Endamoeba

Endamoeba is a genus of amoeboids in Amoebozoa.[2] It includes the species Endamoeba blattae, Endamoeba lutea, and Endamoeba similans.[3]

Not to be confused with Entamoeba.

Endamoeba
Scientific classification
Domain:
Eukaryota
Phylum:
Amoebozoa
Class:
Archamoebae
Family:
Entamoebidae
Genus:
Endamoeba

J. Leidy, 1879 [1]
Type species
Endamoeba blattae
(Bütschli 1878) Leidy 1879
Synonyms
  • Endamoeba (Placoidia) Morris 1936
  • Endamoeba (Poneramoeba) Lühe 1909
  • Loeschia Chatton & Lalung-Bonnaire 1912
  • Proctamoeba Aléxéieff 1912
  • Viereckia Chatton & Lalung-Bonnaire 1912

References
  1. Harold Kirby (1945). "Entamoeba coli versus Endamoeba coli". Journal of Parasitology. 31 (3): 177–184. JSTOR 3272539.
  2. "The Amoebae". Archived from the original on 2009-06-10. Retrieved 2009-06-25.
  3. http://www.eol.org/pages/62541


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