Macbrideola
Genus of slime moulds
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Macbrideola is a genus of Amoebozoa in the family Stemonitidaceae.[1] As of 2015, there are 17 species in the genus.[2]
| Macbrideola | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Phylum: | Amoebozoa |
| Class: | Myxogastria |
| Order: | Stemonitidales |
| Family: | Stemonitidaceae |
| Genus: | Macbrideola H.C.Gilbert, 1934 |
| Type species | |
| Macbrideola scintillans H.C.Gilbert, 1934 | |
The genus name of Macbrideola is in honour of Thomas Huston Macbride (1848–1934), who was the tenth president of the University of Iowa and was a naturalist and botanist.[3]
The genus was circumscribed by Henry Clark Gilbert in University of Iowa Studies in Natural History vol.16 on page 155 in 1934.
Species
- Macbrideola andina
- Macbrideola argentea
- Macbrideola confusa
- Macbrideola cornea
- Macbrideola decapillata
- Macbrideola declinata
- Macbrideola dubia
- Macbrideola herrerae
- Macbrideola indica
- Macbrideola lamprodermoides
- Macbrideola macrospora
- Macbrideola martinii
- Macbrideola oblonga
- Macbrideola ovoidea
- Macbrideola reticulospora
- Macbrideola scintillans
- Macbrideola synsporos
