Lamblia

lamblia Translingual Giardia lamblia Giardia lamblia Etymology mul la-new -, Lambl mul ia, in honour of Vilém Dušan Lambl (1824 – 1895), Austrian physician, who first described Giardia for humans, which he named Cercomonas intestinalis species. Coined by Raphaël Blanchard, who placed Cercomonas intestinalis species into the genus as Lambl intestinalis species. It was later found to be congeneric with the amphibian parasite Giardia agilis species, so Lamblia became a junior synonym of Giardia. Proper noun 1 f mul archaic genus family Hexamitidae now genus Giardia Hypernyms genus Hyponyms genus Lamblia intestinalis species (⇒ Giardia intestinalis species, ⇒ Giardia lamblia species) Lamblia duodenalis species (⇒ Giardia duodenalis species, ⇒ Giardia lamblia species) Lamblia microti species (⇒ Giardia microti species) Lamblia simoni species (⇒ Giardia simoni species) Lamblia muris species (⇒ Giardia muris species) References Parasitic Protozoa, Volume 10. Julius P. Kreier. Academic Press, 22 Oct 2013. p269. mul Taxonomic names (obsolete)