Pinjata

Pinjata
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Clade:	Haptista
Class:	Centroplasthelida
Order:	Chthonida
Family:	Yogsothothidae
Genus:	Pinjata ; Gerasimova, Shɨshkin & Zlatogursky 2019
Species:	P. ruminata
Binomial name
	Pinjata ruminata; Gerasimova, Shɨshkin & Zlatogursky 2019

Last updated December 15, 2025

Pinjata is a genus of centrohelid amoebae. It contains one species, Pinjata ruminata, described in 2019 from brackish waters.^[1]^[2]

References

↑ Zlatogursky, Vasily V.; Gerasimova, Elena A.; Drachko, Daria; Klimov, Vladimir I.; Shɨshkin, Yegor; Plotnikov, Andrey O. (8 April 2019). "Pinjata ruminata gen. et sp. n.—A New Member of Centrohelid Family Yogsothothidae (Haptista: Centroplasthelida) from the Brackish River". Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology. 66 (6): 862–868. doi:10.1111/jeu.12737. ISSN 1066-5234.
↑ Ural Branch of Russian Academy of Sciences; Gerasimova, Elena A. (2022). "Two new brackish-water species of centrohelid heliozoans (Haptista: Centroplasthelida), Choanocystis mylnikovi sp. n. and C. punctata sp. n., from Russia". Protistology. 16 (1): 10–20. doi: 10.21685/1680-0826-2022-16-1-2 .

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[Zlatogursky-2019-1] Zlatogursky, Vasily V.; Gerasimova, Elena A.; Drachko, Daria; Klimov, Vladimir I.; Shɨshkin, Yegor; Plotnikov, Andrey O. (8 April 2019). "Pinjata ruminata gen. et sp. n.—A New Member of Centrohelid Family Yogsothothidae (Haptista: Centroplasthelida) from the Brackish River". Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology. 66 (6): 862–868. doi:10.1111/jeu.12737. ISSN 1066-5234.

[2] Ural Branch of Russian Academy of Sciences; Gerasimova, Elena A. (2022). "Two new brackish-water species of centrohelid heliozoans (Haptista: Centroplasthelida), Choanocystis mylnikovi sp. n. and C. punctata sp. n., from Russia". Protistology. 16 (1): 10–20. doi: 10.21685/1680-0826-2022-16-1-2 .

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