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Pyrsonympha

Pyrsonympha is a genus of Excavata.

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Pyrsonympha
Scientific classification
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Family:
Pyrsonymphidae
Genus:
Pyrsonympha

Leidy 1877
Type species
Pyrsonympha vertens
Leidy 1877
Synonyms
  • Pyrsonema (sic) Leidy 1881

Pyrsonympha is a genus of Excavata.

It includes the species Pyrsonympha vertens.1

Species

List of Pyrsonympha species.

  • P. affinis Fedorowa 1923
  • P. elongata Georgevitch 1932
  • P. flagellata Grassé 1894
  • P. grandis Koidzumi 1921
  • P. granulata Powell 1928
  • P. havilalldi Das 1972
  • P. major Powell 1928
  • P. minor Powell 1928
  • P. modesta Koidzumi 1921
  • P. omblensis Georgevitch 1951
  • P. rostrata Mukherjee & Maiti 1988
  • P. tirapi Mukherjee & Maiti 1988
  • P. vertens Leidy 1877
References

References

  1. Stingl, U.; Radek, R.; Yang, H.; Brune, A. (2005). ""Endomicrobia": cytoplasmic symbionts of termite gut protozoa form a separate phylum of prokaryotes". Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 71 (3): 1473–1479. Bibcode:2005ApEnM..71.1473S. doi:10.1128/AEM.71.3.1473-1479.2005. PMC 1065190. PMID 15746350.