''Macbrideola'' is a
genus
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of
Amoebozoa
Amoebozoa is a major taxonomic group containing about 2,400 described species of amoeboid protists, often possessing blunt, fingerlike, lobose pseudopods and tubular mitochondrial cristae. In traditional and currently no longer supported c ...
in the family
Stemonitidaceae
Stemonitidaceae is an family of slime molds in the order Stemonitidales. It was first circumscribed by Elias Magnus Fries in 1829.
Genera
*'' Leptoderma''
*''Macbrideola''
*''Meriderma''
*''Paradiachea''
*'' Stemonitis''
*''Symphytocarpus''
G ...
.
As of 2015, there are 17 species in the genus.
The genus name of ''Macbrideola'' is in honour of
Thomas Huston Macbride
Thomas Huston Macbride (July 31, 1848 – March 27, 1934) was the tenth president of the University of Iowa, serving from 1914 to 1916. Macbride was a naturalist and botanist, Macbride Hall at the University of Iowa is named for him. He often c ...
(1848–1934), who was the tenth president of the
University of Iowa
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and was a naturalist and botanist.
The genus was
circumscribed
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Not every po ...
by
Henry Clark Gilbert
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in ''University of Iowa Studies in Natural History'' vol.16 on page 155 in 1934.
Species
*''
Macbrideola andina
''Macbrideola'' is a genus of Amoebozoa in the family Stemonitidaceae. As of 2015, there are 17 species in the genus.
The genus name of ''Macbrideola'' is in honour of Thomas Huston Macbride (1848–1934), who was the tenth president of the Uni ...
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Macbrideola argentea''
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Macbrideola confusa''
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Macbrideola cornea''
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Macbrideola decapillata''
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Macbrideola declinata''
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Macbrideola dubia''
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Macbrideola herrerae''
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Macbrideola indica''
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Macbrideola lamprodermoides''
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Macbrideola macrospora''
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Macbrideola martinii''
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Macbrideola oblonga''
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Macbrideola ovoidea''
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Macbrideola reticulospora''
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Macbrideola scintillans''
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Macbrideola synsporos''
References
Myxogastria
Amoebozoa genera
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