Neoparamoeba pemaquidensis

Neoparamoeba pemaquidensis is a single-celled species of marine amoebozoan in the genus Neoparamoeba. The species is also called Paramoeba pemaquidensis.^[1]

Neoparamoeba pemaquidensis
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Clade:	Amorphea
Phylum:	Amoebozoa
Class:	Discosea
Order:	Dactylopodida
Family:	Vexilliferidae
Genus:	Neoparamoeba
Species:	N. pemaquidensis
Binomial name
Neoparamoeba pemaquidensis (Page, 1970) Page, 1987
Synonyms
Paramoeba pemaquidensis Page, 1970

Its closely related sister species, Neoparamoeba perurans, is the agent of amoebic gill disease, which affects Atlantic salmon and other farmed fishes.^[2]