Lamblia

See also: lamblia

Translingual

Wikispecies

Etymology

New Latin, Lambl +‎ -ia, in honour of Vilém Dušan Lambl (1824 – 1895), Austrian physician, who first described Giardia for humans, which he named Cercomonas intestinalis.

Coined by Raphaël Blanchard, who placed Cercomonas intestinalis into the genus as Lambl intestinalis. It was later found to be congeneric with the amphibian parasite Giardia agilis, so Lamblia became a junior synonym of Giardia.

Proper noun

Lamblia f

1. (archaic) A taxonomic genus within the family Hexamitidae – now genus Giardia.

Hypernyms

• (genus): Eukaryota - superkingdom; Protozoa - kingdom; Eozoa - subkingdom; Excavata - infrakingdom; Metamonada - phylum; Eopharyngea - class; Diplomonadida - order; Hexamitidae - family

Hyponyms

(genus):

• Lamblia intestinalis (⇒ Giardia intestinalis, ⇒ Giardia lamblia)
• Lamblia duodenalis (⇒ Giardia duodenalis, ⇒ Giardia lamblia)
• Lamblia microti (⇒ Giardia microti)
• Lamblia simoni (⇒ Giardia simoni)
• Lamblia muris (⇒ Giardia muris)

References

• Parasitic Protozoa, Volume 10. Julius P. Kreier. Academic Press, 22 Oct 2013. p269.