Higher Classification: > Kingdom Protozoa > Subkingdom Eozoa > Infrakingdom Euglenozoa > Phylum Euglenozoa > Subphylum Euglenoida > Infraphylum Dipilida > Superclass Spirocuta > Class Peranemea > Subclass Peranemia > Order Peranemida > Family Peranemataceae

Peranema Dujardin, 1841

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Pseudoperanema*	Christen, 1962	synonym

Children

Peranema trichophorum (Ehrenberg) F.Stein, 1859
Pseudoperanema dolichonema Larsen & Patterson, 1990
Pseudoperanema fusiforme Larsen, 1987
Pseudoperanema trichophorum (Ehrenberg) J.Larson, 1987

Literature

original description	Dujardin, F. (1841). Histoire Naturelle des Zoophytes. Infusoires, comprenant la physiologie et la classification de ces animaux, et la manière de les étudier à l'aide du microscope. Paris. Librairie Encyclopédique de Roret, xii + 684 pp.; Atlas: 22 pls
basis of record	Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. (2025). AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. searched on YYYY-MM-DD.
additional source	Silva, P.C. (1960). Remarks on algal nomenclature III. Taxon. 9: 18-25.

Genbank

Taxonomy

Published in AlgaeBase

Citation

Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. (2025). AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway (taxonomic information republished from AlgaeBase with permission of M.D. Guiry). Peranema Dujardin, 1841. Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:8024