Stemonitopsis

Stemonitopsis
	Stemonitopsis typhina
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Clade:	Amorphea
Phylum:	Amoebozoa
Class:	Myxogastria
Order:	Stemonitidales
Family:	Amaurochaetaceae
Genus:	Stemonitopsis ; (Nann.-Bremek.) Nann.-Bremek., 1975
Type species
	Stemonitopsis hyperopta; (Meyl.) Nann.-Bremek., 1975
Synonyms
	Comatricha subgen. StemonitopsisNann.-Bremek., 1967;

Last updated August 27, 2025

Stemonitopsis is a genus of slime molds in the family Amaurochaetaceae.^[1] First circumscribed by Dutch botanist Elly Nannenga-Bremekamp in 1967 as a subgenus of Comatricha ,^[2] she later elevated the grouping to generic status in 1975.^[3] The type species is Stemonitopsis hyperopta , which was originally described by Charles Meylan in 1919 as Stemonitis hyperopta.^[4]

Species

As of June 2016^[update], there are 10 species in the genus.^[5]

Stemonitopsis aequalis
Stemonitopsis amoena
Stemonitopsis curiosa
Stemonitopsis gracilis
Stemonitopsis hyperopta
Stemonitopsis microspora
Stemonitopsis peritricha
Stemonitopsis reticulata
Stemonitopsis subcaespitosa
Stemonitopsis typhina

References

↑ Leontyev, Dmitry V.; Schnittler, Martin; Stephenson, Steven L.; Novozhilov, Yuri K.; Shchepin, Oleg N. (2019). "Towards a phylogenetic classification of the Myxomycetes". Phytotaxa. 399 (3): 209. doi:10.11646/phytotaxa.399.3.5. ISSN 1179-3163. S2CID 108783142.
↑ Nannenga-Bremekamp, N.E. (1967). "Notes on Myxomycetes XII. A revision of the Stemonitales". Proceedings van de Koninklijke Nederlandse Akademie van Wetenschappen Section C. 70 (2): 201–216. PMID 4226970.
↑ Nannenga-Bremekamp, N.E. (1974). "De Nederlandse Myxomyceten" (in Norwegian). Zutphen: 203.{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
↑ Meylan, C. (1918). "Myxomycètes nouveaux". Bulletin de la Société Vaudoise des Sciences Naturelles (in French). 52: 95–97.
↑ Lado, C; Hernández-Crespo, J.C. "Nomen.eumycetozoa.com (version 23rd June 2015). In: Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life". Archived from the original on 27 August 2019. Retrieved 30 June 2015.

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[LeontyevSchnittler2019-1] Leontyev, Dmitry V.; Schnittler, Martin; Stephenson, Steven L.; Novozhilov, Yuri K.; Shchepin, Oleg N. (2019). "Towards a phylogenetic classification of the Myxomycetes". Phytotaxa. 399 (3): 209. doi:10.11646/phytotaxa.399.3.5. ISSN 1179-3163. S2CID 108783142.

[Nannenga-Bremekamp_1967-2] Nannenga-Bremekamp, N.E. (1967). "Notes on Myxomycetes XII. A revision of the Stemonitales". Proceedings van de Koninklijke Nederlandse Akademie van Wetenschappen Section C. 70 (2): 201–216. PMID 4226970.

[Nannenga-Bremekamp_1974-3] Nannenga-Bremekamp, N.E. (1974). "De Nederlandse Myxomyceten" (in Norwegian). Zutphen: 203.{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)

[Meylan_1918-4] Meylan, C. (1918). "Myxomycètes nouveaux". Bulletin de la Société Vaudoise des Sciences Naturelles (in French). 52: 95–97.

[CoL_2015-5] Lado, C; Hernández-Crespo, J.C. "Nomen.eumycetozoa.com (version 23rd June 2015). In: Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life". Archived from the original on 27 August 2019. Retrieved 30 June 2015.

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