Paramoeba

Paramoeba is a genus of common parasites, including species that can cause infection in fish, crabs (including the "blue crab", Callinectes sapidus), sea urchins and others.

Paramoeba
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Phylum: Amoebozoa
Class: Discosea
Order: Dactylopodida
Family: Paramoebidae
Genus: Paramoeba
Schaudinn 1896
Type species
Paramoeba eilhardi
Schaudinn 1896
Species
  • P. aparasomata Volkova et al. 2019
  • P. eilhardi Schaudinn 1896
  •  ?P. hamiltoni
  •  ?P. hominis Craig 1906
  • P. karteshi Volkova et al. 2019
  •  ?P. perniciosa Sprague, Beckett & Sawyer 1969
  • P. perurans (Young et al. 2007) Feehan et al. 2013
  •  ?P. schaudinni de Faria, Cunha & Pinto 1922
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