Naegleria

Translingual

Etymology

Named after French parasitologist and zoologist Mathieu Naegler +‎ -ia (nominal suffix for eponym genus names).

Proper noun

Naegleria f

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Vahlkampfiidae – diphasic amoeboid protozoans that are characterized by a predominate amoeboid stage and a minute flagellate stage with two flagella, that occur especially in stagnant water and are often coprozoic, and that include one (Naegleria fowleri) causing meningoencephalitis in humans.

Hypernyms

• (genus): Eukaryota - superkingdom; Protozoa - kingdom; Eozoa - subkingdom; Excavata - infrakingdom; Percolozoa - phylum; Tetramitia - subphylum; Heterolobosea - class; Schizopyrenida - order; Vahlkampfiidae - family

Hyponyms

• (genus): Naegleria americana, Naegleria andersoni, Naegleria angularis, Naegleria antarctica, Naegleria arctica, Naegleria australiensis, Naegleria canariensis, Naegleria carteri, Naegleria chilensis, Naegleria clarki, Naegleria dobsoni, Naegleria dunnebackei, Naegleria endoi, Naegleria fowleri, Naegleria fultoni, Naegleria galeacystis, Naegleria gallica, Naegleria gruberi, Naegleria indonesiensis, Naegleria italica, Naegleria jadini, Naegleria jamiesoni, Naegleria jejuensis, Naegleria koreanum, Naegleria laresi, Naegleria lovaniensis, Naegleria mexicana, Naegleria minor, Naegleria morganensis, Naegleria neoantarctica, Naegleria neochilensis, Naegleria neodobsoni, Naegleria neojejuensis, Naegleria neopolaris, Naegleria pagei, Naegleria paradobsoni, Naegleria peruana, Naegleria philippinensis, Naegleria polaris, Naegleria pringsheimi, Naegleria pussardi, Naegleria robinsoni, Naegleria schusteri, Naegleria spitzbergeniensis, Naegleria tenerifensis, Naegleria tihangensis,  - selected species

References

• Naegleria on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Naegleria on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Naegleria on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Naegleria at National Center for Biotechnology Information
• “Naegleria”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.