Echinamoebidae is a family of
Amoebozoa
Amoebozoa is a major taxonomic group containing about 2,400 described species of amoeboid protists, often possessing blunt, fingerlike, lobose pseudopods and tubular mitochondrial cristae. In traditional and currently no longer supported c ...
, containing the genera ''
Echinamoeba'' and ''
Filamoeba''. It was established by Frederick Page in 1975.
Taxonomy
Family Echinamoebidae
Page 1975
* Genus ''
Comandonia
''Comandonia'' is a genus of Amoebozoa
Amoebozoa is a major taxonomic group containing about 2,400 described species of amoeboid protists, often possessing blunt, fingerlike, lobose pseudopods and tubular mitochondrial cristae. In tradit ...
''
Sawyer & Griffin 1975 ex Pernin & Pussard 1979
** Species ''C. operculata''
Sawyer & Griffin 1975 ex Pernin & Pussard 1979
* Genus ''
Micriamoeba''
Atlan et al. 2012
** Species ''M. tesseris''
Atlan et al. 2012
* Genus ''
Echinamoeba''
Page 1975
** Species ''E. exudans''
(Page 1967) Page 1975
** Species ''E. silvestris''
Page 1975
** Species ''E. thermarum''
Baumgartner et al. 2003
References
Amoebozoa families
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