Giardia

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Giardiida 

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Protozoa
Subregnum: Eozoa
Infraregnum: Excavata
Phylum: Metamonada
Subphylum: Trichozoa
Superclassis: Eopharyngia
Classis: Trepomonadea
Subclassis: Diplozoa
Ordo: Giardiida

Familia: Octomitidae
Genus: Giardia
Species: G. agilis G. ardeae G. bradypi G. duodenalis G. equii G. irarae G. lamblia G. microti G. muris G. peramelis G. psittaci

Name

Giardia Künstler, Compt. Rend. Hebd. Séances Acad. Sci. 95: 349 (14 Aug 1882)

Type species: Giardia agilis Künstler

Synonyms

  • Heterotypic
  • Dimorphus Grassi, Gazz. Med. Ital. Lomb. 39: 446, 448 (1879), nom. illeg. non Dimorphus G.Haller, Z. Wiss. Zool. 30: 514 (1878) (Analgidae, Arachnida, Animalia)
  • Homotypic
    • Megastoma Grassi, Atti Soc. Ital. Sci. Nat. 24: 167 (1882), nom. illeg. non Megastoma Swainson (1837) (Tyrannidae, Aves, Animalia)
    • Lamblia R. Blanch. in Railliet, Élém. Zool. Méd. 1004 (1886)

References

Primary references

Additional references

  • Kulda, J. & Nohýnková, E. 1978. Flagellates of the human intestine and of intestines of other species. In: Kreier, J. P. (Ed.), Parasitic Protozoa. Intestinal flagellates, histomonads, trichomonads, amoeba, opalinids, and ciliates. New York-San Francisco-London: Academic Press, 2: 1-138. Reference page. 
  • Kulda, J. & Nohynková, E. 1995. Giardia in Humans and Animals. In: Kreier, J.P. (ed.), Parasitic Protozoa, ed. 2, 10: 225–422. San Diego: Academic Press. Google Books
  • Plutzer, J., Ongerth, J., Karanis, P. 2010. Giardia taxonomy, phylogeny and epidemiology: Facts and open questions. International Journal of Hygiene and Environmental Health 213(5): 321–333. DOI: 10.1016/j.ijheh.2010.06.005 ResearchGate Open access
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