Pentatrichomonas

Taxonavigation

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Phylum: Metamonada
Subphylum: Trichozoa
Superclassis: Parabasalia
Classis: Trichomonadea
Ordo: Trichomonadida
Familia: Trichomonadidae
Genus:
Species: P. hominis

Name

Pentatrichomonas Mesnil, Bull. Inst. Pasteur 12: 968 (1914)

Type species: Pentatrichomonas ardin-delteili (Derrieu & M. Raynaud) Mesnil (1914) = Pentatrichomonas hominis (Davaine) Wenrich (1931)

Synonyms

Replaced synonym
Hexamastix Derrieu & M.Raynaud, Bull. Soc. Pathol. Exot. 7: 574 (1914) nom. illeg. (non Hexamastix A.G.Alexeieff 1912)

References

Primary references

Mesnil, F. 1914 [1915]. A propos du flagellé nouveau decrit par MM. Derrieu et Raynaud (Pentatrichomonas = Hexamastix D. et R. nec Alexeieff). Bull. Inst. Pasteur 12: 968.
Derrieu, G. & Raynaud, M. 1914. Dysenterie chronique à flagellé nouveau. Bulletin de la Société de Pathologie exotique 7(7): 571–574. PDF Reference page.

Additional references

Honigberg, B.M. 1963. Evolutionary and systematic relationships in the flagellate order Trichomonadida Kirby. Journal of Protozoology 10(1): 20–63. DOI: 10.1111/j.1550-7408.1963.tb01635.x . Reference page.