Neoparamoeba pemaquidensis
Species of protozoan
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Neoparamoeba pemaquidensis is a single-celled species of marine amoebozoan in the genus Neoparamoeba. The species is also called Paramoeba pemaquidensis.[1]
| Neoparamoeba pemaquidensis | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Phylum: | Amoebozoa |
| Class: | Discosea |
| Order: | Dactylopodida |
| Family: | Vexilliferidae |
| Genus: | Neoparamoeba |
| Species: | N. pemaquidensis |
| Binomial name | |
| Neoparamoeba pemaquidensis | |
| Synonyms | |
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Paramoeba pemaquidensis Page, 1970 | |
Its closely related sister species, Neoparamoeba perurans, is the agent of amoebic gill disease, which affects Atlantic salmon and other farmed fishes.[2]
