Sawyeria

Sawyeria marylandensis
Scientific classification
Domain:
Eukaryota
(unranked):
Excavata
Phylum:
Percolozoa
Class:
Heterolobosea
Order:
Schizopyrenida
Family:
Vahlkampfiidae
Genus:
Sawyeria

O'Kelly et al., 2003
Species:
S. marylandensis
Binomial name
Sawyeria marylandensis
O'Kelly et al., 2003

Sawyeria marylandensis is a species of amoebae, placed in the monotypic genus Sawyeria, and belonging to the group Heterolobosea.[1][2]

  1. ^ Charles J. O'Kelly; Jeffrey D. Silberman; Linda A. Amaral Zettler; Thomas A. Nerad & Mitchell L. Sogin (2003). "Monopylocystis visvesvarai n. gen., n. sp. and Sawyeria marylandensis n. gen., n. sp.: two new amitochondrial heterolobosean amoebae from anoxic environments". Protist. 154 (2): 281–290. doi:10.1078/143446103322166563. PMID 13677454.
  2. ^ Sutherland Maciver. "The Amoebae". University of Edinburgh. Retrieved June 25, 2009.