Stemonitopsis

Stemonitopsis
Stemonitopsis typhina
Scientific classification
(unranked): Amoebozoa
Infraphylum: Mycetozoa
Class: Myxogastria
Order: Stemonitida
Family: Stemonitidaceae
Genus: Stemonitopsis
(Nann.-Bremek.) Nann.-Bremek., 1975
Type species
Stemonitopsis hyperopta
(Meyl.) Nann.-Bremek., 1975
Synonyms
  • Comatricha subgen. Stemonitopsis Nann.-Bremek., 1967

Stemonitopsis is a genus of Amoebozoa in the family Stemonitidaceae. First circumscribed by Norwegian botanist Elly Nannenga-Bremekamp in 1967 as a subgenus of Comatricha,[1] she later elevated the grouping to generic status in 1975.[2] The type species is Stemonitopsis hyperopta, which was originally described by Charles Meylan in 1919 as Stemonitis hyperopta.[3]

Species

As of June 2016, there are 10 species in the genus.[4]

References

  1. Nannenga-Bremekamp, N.E. (1967). "Notes on Myxomycetes XII. A revision of the Stemonitales". Proceedings van de Koninklijke Nederlandse Akademie van Wetenschappen Section C. 70: 201–216.
  2. Nannenga-Bremekamp, N.E. (1974). "De Nederlandse Myxomyceten" (in Norwegian). Zutphen: 203.
  3. Meylan, C. (1918). "Myxomycètes nouveaux". Bulletin de la Société Vaudoise des Sciences Naturelles (in French). 52: 95–97.
  4. Lado, C; Hernández-Crespo, J.C. "Nomen.eumycetozoa.com (version 23rd June 2015). In: Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life". Retrieved 2015-06-30.
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