Neoparamoeba

Neoparamoeba
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Phylum: Amoebozoa
Class: Discosea
Order: Dactylopodida
Family: Vexilliferidae
Genus: Neoparamoeba
Page 1987
Type species
Neoparamoeba pemaquidensis
(Page 1970) Page 1987
Species
  • Neoparamoeba aestuarina (Page 1970) Page 1987
  • Neoparamoeba atlantica Kudryavtsev, Pawlowski & Hausmann 2011
  • Neoparamoeba branchipila Dykova et al. 2005
  • Neoparamoeba invadens (Jones 1985)
  • Neoparamoeba longipodia Volkova & Kudryavtsev 2017
  • Neoparamoeba pemaquidensis (Page 1970) Page 1987

Neoparamoeba is a genus of Amoebozoa. Species contain intracellular kinetoplastid parasites, of the genus Perkinsela, which are maintained in close contact with the nucleus and are considered obligatory and mutualistic.