Neoparamoeba pemaquidensis | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Phylum: | Amoebozoa |
Class: | Discosea |
Order: | Dactylopodida |
Family: | Vexilliferidae |
Genus: | Neoparamoeba |
Species: | N. pemaquidensis
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Binomial name | |
Neoparamoeba pemaquidensis (Page, 1970) Page, 1987
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Synonyms | |
Paramoeba pemaquidensis Page, 1970 |
Neoparamoeba pemaquidensis is a single-celled species of marine amoebozoan in the genus Neoparamoeba. The species is also called Paramoeba pemaquidensis.[1]
Its closely related sister species, Neoparamoeba perurans, is the agent of amoebic gill disease, which affects Atlantic salmon and other farmed fishes.[2]