Rhizamoeba
Genus of marine lobose amoebae / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Rhizamoeba is a small genus of free-living marine naked lobose amoebae in the monotypic family Rhizamoebidae[1] in the order Leptomyxida.[2][3] It is most closely related to Leptomyxa and Flabellula, and some species have been moved to Leptomyxa due to molecular data.[1]
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Rhizamoeba | |
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Different monopodial shapes of Rhizamoeba (clockwise from top left): worm-like, static, flattened, clavate. | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Phylum: | Amoebozoa |
Class: | Tubulinea |
Order: | Leptomyxida |
Family: | Rhizamoebidae |
Genus: | Rhizamoeba Page 1972 em. Smirnov et al. 2016 |
Type species | |
Rhizamoeba polyura Page 1972 | |
Species | |
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