Genus is a taxonomic rank above species and below family as used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In binomial nomenclature, the genus name forms the first part of the binomial species name for each species within the genus.
Myxobolidae is a family of myxosporean parasites which typically infect freshwater fishes, and includes the economically significant species, Myxobolus cerebralis. They have been shown to have a complex life cycle, involving an alternate stage in an invertebrate, typically an annelid or polychaete worm.
Trombicula, known as chiggers, red bugs, scrub-itch mites, or berry bugs, are small arachnids in the Trombiculidae family. In their larval stage, they attach to various animals and humans, then feed on skin, often causing itching and trombiculosis. These relatives of ticks are nearly microscopic, measuring 0.4 mm (0.01 in), and have a chrome-orange hue. A common species of harvest mite in North America is Trombicula alfreddugesi.
"West End Girls" is a song by English synth-pop duo Pet Shop Boys. Written by Neil Tennant and Chris Lowe, the song was released twice as a single. The song's lyrics are concerned with class and the pressures of inner-city life in London which were inspired partly by T. S. Eliot's poem The Waste Land. It was generally well received by contemporary music critics and has been frequently cited as a highlight in the duo's career.
Cheyletiella is a genus of mites that live on the skin surface of dogs, cats, and rabbits.
The World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) is a taxonomic database that aims to provide an authoritative and comprehensive list of names of marine organisms.
Brachypareion is an extinct genus of prehistoric marine ray-finned fish that lived during the Pennsylvanian epoch. It contains a single species, B. insperatum, known from the Saur Mountains of Kazakhstan. It is placed in the paraphyletic group Palaeonisciformes.
Parindjapyx is a genus of diplurans in the family Japygidae. It contains 11 named species.
Japanoasternolaelaps is a genus of mites in the family Ichthyostomatogasteridae.
Cystidicoloides tenuissima is a species of nematodes in the order Spirurida and family Cystidicolidae. It is a parasite of salmonid fish in the northern hemisphere and has mayflies as the alternate host.
Cystidicolidae is a family of spirurian nematodes. It was described by Skrjabin in 1946. All members of the family are parasites of fish.
The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera (IRMNG) is a taxonomic database which attempts to cover published genus names for all domains of life, from 1758 in zoology up to the present, arranged in a single, internally consistent taxonomic hierarchy, for the benefit of Biodiversity Informatics initiatives plus general users of biodiversity (taxonomic) information. In addition to containing just over 500,000 published genus name instances as at May 2023, the database holds over 1.7 million species names, although this component of the data is not maintained in as current or complete state as the genus-level holdings. IRMNG can be queried online for access to the latest version of the dataset and is also made available as periodic snapshots or data dumps for import/upload into other systems as desired. The database was commenced in 2006 at the then CSIRO Division of Marine and Atmospheric Research in Australia and, since 2016, has been hosted at the Flanders Marine Institute (VLIZ) in Belgium.
Limnius is a genus of beetles belonging to the family Elmidae.
Laterocaudata is a genus of cnidarians belonging to the family Myxobolidae.
Cancellothyrididae is a family of brachiopods belonging to the order Terebratulida. It was first described by James Allan Thomson in 1926.
Benthimermithida is an order of nematodes belonging to the class Chromadorea.
Hypoderidae is a family of mites belonging to the order Astigmata.
Babesiidae is a family of protists belonging to the order Piroplasmida.
Lestonia is a genus of true bugs belonging to the monotypic family Lestoniidae.
Gondwanenneboeus is a genus in the beetle family, Archeocrypticidae, first described in 1984 by Zoltán Kaszab. There is just one species in the genus, Gondwanenneboeus minutissimus. The genus is named for Gondwana Land, and is native to Australia.
