Paramoeba

Paramoeba
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Phylum:	Amoebozoa
Class:	Discosea
Order:	Dactylopodida
Family:	Paramoebidae
Genus:	Paramoeba ; Schaudinn 1896
Type species
	Paramoeba eilhardi; Schaudinn 1896
Species
	P. aparasomataVolkova et al. 2019; P. eilhardiSchaudinn 1896; ?P. hamiltoni; ?P. hominisCraig 1906; P. karteshiVolkova et al. 2019; ?P. perniciosaSprague, Beckett & Sawyer 1969; P. perurans(Young et al. 2007) Feehan et al. 2013; ?P. schaudinnide Faria, Cunha & Pinto 1922;

Last updated May 27, 2025

Paramoeba is a genus of common parasites,^[1] including species that can cause infection in fish,^[2] crabs (including the "blue crab", Callinectes sapidus ),^[3] sea urchins ^[4] and others.

References

↑ Frederick C. Page (1973). "Paramoeba: a common marine genus". Hydrobiologia . 41 (2): 183–188. doi:10.1007/BF00016444. S2CID 20281325.
↑ Athanassopoulou F, Cawthorn R, Lytra K (October 2002). "Amoeba-like infections in cultured marine fishes: systemic infection in pompano Trachinotus falcatus L. from Singapore and gill disease associated with Paramoeba sp. in sea bream Sparus aurata L. from Greece". Journal of Veterinary Medicine, Series B. 49 (8): 411–412. doi:10.1046/j.1439-0450.2002.00583.x. PMID 12449253. Archived from the original on 2013-01-05.
↑ Phyllis T. Johnson (1977). "Paramoebiasis in the blue crab, Callinectes sapidus". Journal of Invertebrate Pathology . 29 (3): 308–320. doi:10.1016/S0022-2011(77)80036-0.
↑ G. M. Jones (1985). "Paramoeba invadens n. sp. (Amoebida, Paramoebidae), a pathogenic amoeba from the sea urchin, Strongylocentrotus droebachiensis, in Eastern Canada". Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology . 32 (4): 564–569. doi:10.1111/j.1550-7408.1985.tb03075.x.

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[1] Frederick C. Page (1973). "Paramoeba: a common marine genus". Hydrobiologia . 41 (2): 183–188. doi:10.1007/BF00016444. S2CID 20281325.

[pmid12449253-2] Athanassopoulou F, Cawthorn R, Lytra K (October 2002). "Amoeba-like infections in cultured marine fishes: systemic infection in pompano Trachinotus falcatus L. from Singapore and gill disease associated with Paramoeba sp. in sea bream Sparus aurata L. from Greece". Journal of Veterinary Medicine, Series B. 49 (8): 411–412. doi:10.1046/j.1439-0450.2002.00583.x. PMID 12449253. Archived from the original on 2013-01-05.

[3] Phyllis T. Johnson (1977). "Paramoebiasis in the blue crab, Callinectes sapidus". Journal of Invertebrate Pathology . 29 (3): 308–320. doi:10.1016/S0022-2011(77)80036-0.

[4] G. M. Jones (1985). "Paramoeba invadens n. sp. (Amoebida, Paramoebidae), a pathogenic amoeba from the sea urchin, Strongylocentrotus droebachiensis, in Eastern Canada". Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology . 32 (4): 564–569. doi:10.1111/j.1550-7408.1985.tb03075.x.

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