Retortamonas

Retortamonas
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Excavata
Phylum:	Metamonada
Order:	Retortamonadida
Family:	Retortamonadidae
Genus:	Retortamonas Grassi, 1879

Retortamonas is a genus of flagellate protozoa that live in the intestines of various animals. Twenty-eight species have been described, mostly differentiated by the host spectrum of each species, since they are morphologically very similar. Some of the species may be synonymous, and an undescribed species of Retortamonas occurs in birds.^[1]

Species	Authority	Year	Hosts
Retortamonas agilis	Mackinnon	1919	Insecta: Diptera: Tipula
Retortamonas alexeiffi	Mackinnon	1912	Insecta: Diptera: Tipula
Retortamonas belostomae	Brug	1922	Insecta: Hemiptera: Belostoma
Retortamonas blattae	Bishop	1931	Insecta: Blattaria: cockroaches
Retortamonas boae	Kulda	1954	Chordata: Serpentes: Boa
Retortamonas bradypi	Hegner & Schumaker	1928	Chordata: Mammalia: grey three-toed sloth
Retortamonas caudacus	Geiman	1932	Insecta: Coleoptera: aquatic beetles
Retortamonas caviae	Hegner & Schumaker	1932	Chordata: Mammalia: guinea pig
Retortamonas chelonii	Janakidevi	1962	Chordata: Chelonia: turtles
Retortamonas dobelli	Bishop	1931	Chordata: various reptiles and amphibians
Retortamonas gryllotalpae	Grassi	1879	Insecta: Orthoptera: Gryllotalpa
Retortamonas intestinalis	Wenyon & O'Connor	1917	Chordata: Mammalia: human
Retortamonas kirbii	Russel Gabel	1954	Chordata: Mammalia: groundhog
Retortamonas mitrulae	Kirby & Honigberg	1950	Chordata: Mammalia: wallaroo
Retortamonas ovis	Hegner & Schumaker	1928	Chordata: Mammalia: sheep & cattle
Retortamonas phyllophagae	Travis & Becker	1831	Insecta: Coleoptera: beetles
Retortamonas ruminatum	Knowtes & Das Gupta	1931	Chordata: Mammalia: bull
Retortamonas sinensis	Faust & Wassell	1921	Chordata: Mammalia: human
Retortamonas termitis	Kirby	1932	Insecta: Isoptera: termites
Retortamonas testudae	Grassi	1926	Chordata: Chelonia: turtles
Retortamonas wenrichi	Stabler	1944	Insecta: Orthoptera: crickets
Retortamonas wenyoni	Fonseca	1917	Chordata: Mammalia: monkeys

References

1. Rafael A. Martínez-Díaz, Ana Teresa Castro, Silvia Herrera & Francisco Ponce (2001). "First report of the genus Retortamonas (Sarcomastigophora: Retortamonadidae) in birds" (PDF). Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Rio de Janeiro 96 (7): 961–963. PMID 11685262.