Prowazekia urinaria (Hassall) Sinton 1912

Publication Details
Prowazekia urinaria (Hassall) Sinton 1912: 247, figs. 1-22, pls. 17-18

Published in: Sinton, J.A. (1912). Some Observations on the Morphology and Biology of Prowazekia urinaria (Bodo urinarius, Hassall). Annals of Tropical Medicine & Parasitology 6(2): 245-268, 22 figures, plates 17-18.

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Publication date: 1912

Type Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Prowazekia is Prowazekia cruzii M.Hartmann & Chagas.

Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Parabodo caudatus (Dujardin) D.Moreira, López-García & Vickerman.

Source of Synonymy
Moreira, D., López-García, P. & Vickerman, K. (2004). An updated view of kinetoplastid phylogeny using environmental sequences and a closer outgroup: proposal for a new classification of the class Kinetoplastea. International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology 54(5): 1861-1875, 4 figures.

Basionym
Bodo urinarius Hassall

General Environment
This is a freshwatermarine species.

Created: 13 March 2006 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 17 November 2024

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E.A. Molinari Novoa in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 17 November 2024. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 17 July 2025