Cryptodifflugiidae is a family of
arcellinid testate amoebae.
Description
Members of this family are conopodous (with conical
pseudopods) amoebae with the body in a clear, usually firm, vase-shaped
test
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* Test (assessment), an educational assessment intended to measure the respondents' knowledge or other abilities
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* ''Test'' (2013 film), an American film
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, and conical pseudopods for locomotion that extend separately from the opening of the test.
Classification
The classification of the family, as of 2019:
* Infraorder
Phryganellina
Arcellinid testate amoebae or Arcellinida,http://www.microscopy-uk.org.uk/mag/artjun03/gsamoebae.html Testate amoebae, peat bogs and past climates. accessed 16 march 2007 Arcellacean or lobose testate amoebae are single-celled protists partially ...
Bovee 1985
** Family Cryptodifflugiidae
Penard 1890
***''
Cryptodifflugia''
Cash 1904 – 23 species
*** ''
Meisterfeldia''
Bobrov 2016 – 6 species
*** ''
Wailesella''
Deflandre 1928 – 1 species
The 2022 classification places ''
Meisterfeldia'' and ''
Wailesella'' as
Arcellinida ''
incertae sedis
or is a term used for a taxonomy (biology), taxonomic group where its broader relationships are unknown or undefined. Alternatively, such groups are frequently referred to as "enigmatic taxa". In the system of open nomenclature, uncertainty ...
'', leaving ''
Cryptodifflugia'' as the sole member of the family.
References
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Amoebozoa families
Tubulinea