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Entamoeba histolytica Schaudinn, 1903

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Rank
SPECIES

Classification

kingdom
Protozoa
phylum
Amoebozoa
class
Lobosa
order
Amoebida
family
Entamoebidae
genus
Entamoeba
species
Entamoeba histolytica

Name

Homonyms
Entamoeba histolytica Schaudinn, 1903
Common names
Amebedisenterie in Afrikaans
Amoebic Dysentery in English
měňavka úplavičná in Czech
Дизентерийная амёба in Russian
எண்டமீபா in Tamil
อะมีบาก่อโรคบิดมีตัว in Thai
溶組織內阿米巴 in Chinese

Bibliographic References

  1. Berglund, Dienus, Sokolova, Berglind, Matussek, Pettersson & Lindgren (2017) Occurrence and removal efficiency of parasitic protozoa in Swedish wastewater treatment plants
  2. Clark (1998) Entamoeba dispar, an organism reborn
  3. Hooshyar, Rostamkhani & Rezaeian (2015) An Annotated Checklist of the Human and Animal Entamoeba (Amoebida: Endamoebidae) Species- A Review Article
  4. International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature. Opinion 312 Validation, under the Plenary Powers, of the name Amoeba Coli as from Grassi, 1879, to be the name for the Large Non-Dysenteric Amoeba of man and the designation of that species to be the type species of the genus Entamoeba Casagrandi ?fe Barbagallo, 1895, and Designa Tion under the same Powers of the name Entamoeba histolytica Schaudinn, 1903, to be the name for the Dysenteric Amoeba of man (class Rhizopoda) (Opinion Substituted for Opinion 99).Opinions and declarations rendered by the International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature 9(1), 1-60 (1954)
  5. Pimenta, Diamond & Mirelman (2002) Entamoeba histolytica Schaudinn, 1903 and Entamoeba dispar Brumpt, 1925: Differences in their Cell Surfaces and in the Bacteria-containing Vacuoles
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