Stemonitopsis
Genus of slime moulds
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Stemonitopsis is a genus of slime molds in the family Amaurochaetaceae.[1] First circumscribed by Dutch botanist Elly Nannenga-Bremekamp in 1967 as a subgenus of Comatricha,[2] she later elevated the grouping to generic status in 1975.[3] The type species is Stemonitopsis hyperopta, which was originally described by Charles Meylan in 1919 as Stemonitis hyperopta.[4]
| Stemonitopsis | |
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| Stemonitopsis typhina | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Phylum: | Amoebozoa |
| Class: | Myxogastria |
| Order: | Stemonitidales |
| Family: | Amaurochaetaceae |
| Genus: | Stemonitopsis (Nann.-Bremek.) Nann.-Bremek., 1975 |
| Type species | |
| Stemonitopsis hyperopta (Meyl.) Nann.-Bremek., 1975 | |
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