Giardia lamblia
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Giardia lamblia cell, SEM
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
(unranked): Excavata
Phylum: Metamonada
Order: Diplomonadida
Family: Hexamitidae
Genus: Giardia
Species: G. lamblia
Binomial name
Giardia lamblia
(Lambl, 1859) Kofoid & Christiansen, 1915
Synonyms
Cercomonas intestinalis Lambl, 1859
Lamblia intestinalis Blanchard, 1888
Giardia duodenalis Stiles, 1902
Giardia intestinalis Kulda & Nohýnková, 1995