Peregrinia Cavalier-Smith, 2011, nom. illeg.

Holotype species: Peregrinia clavideferens A.T.Howe, H.Arndt & Cavalier-Smith

Currently accepted name for the type species: Gyromastix clavideferens (A.T.Howe, H.Arndt & Cavalier-Smith) Doweld

Original publication and holotype designation: Howe, A.T., Bass, D., Scoble, J.M., Lewis, R., Vickerman, K., Arndt, H. & Cavalier-Smith, T. (2011). Novel cultured protists identify deep-branching environmental DNA clades of Cercozoa: new genera Tremula, Micrometopion, Minimassisteria, Nudifila, Peregrinia. Protist 166(2): 332-372, 14 figures.

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Description: Large freshwater non-thecate amoeboflagellates; move by amoeboid creeping, not swimming or flagellar gliding; surface covered in single layer of two-tiered siliceous scales visible only by electron microscopy; scales oval in surface view with inrolled sides to the upper tier, oblong in lateral view with more convex upper surface; highly metabolic flattened amoebae with lamellar and finger-like pseudopodia. Cysts unknown.

Information kindly contributed by Original description but may now be outdated.

Taxonomic status: This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Gyromastix.

Gender: This genus name is currently treated as feminine.

Most recent taxonomic treatment adopted: Doweld, A.B. (2021). Gyromastix, a new name for Peregrinia Cavalier-Smith, 2011 (Protista: Thaumatomonada) non Peregrinia E.I.Vorobyeva & O.A.Lebedev, 1986 (Pisces: Osteolepididae). Zootaxa 5072(4): 399-400.

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Descriptions of chrysophyte genera were subsequently published in J. Kristiansen & H.R. Preisig (eds.). 2001. Encyclopedia of Chrysophyte Genera. Bibliotheca Phycologica 110: 1-260.

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E.A. Molinari Novoa in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 21 August 2023. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 16 May 2024