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Two New Species of Paramoeba from Maine *
Author(s) -
PAGE FREDERICK C.
Publication year - 1970
Publication title -
the journal of protozoology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.067
H-Index - 77
eISSN - 1550-7408
pISSN - 0022-3921
DOI - 10.1111/j.1550-7408.1970.tb04706.x
Subject(s) - genus , biology , salt lake , habitat , zoology , ecology , paleontology , structural basin
SYNOPSIS Four clonal strains of amoebae isolated from salt‐water habitats of the Maine coast show the characteristic Nebenkörper or paranucleus of the genus Paramoeba Schaudinn, 1896, this being the first report of free‐living members of that genus from North America. The isolates are identified as 2 species, P. pemaquidensis n. sp. and P. aestuarina n. sp. In form and mitotic pattern, these 2 species resemble members of the family Mayorellidae.