Echinamoebidae is a family of Amoebozoa,[1] containing the genera Echinamoeba and Filamoeba. It was established by Frederick Page in 1975.[2]

Echinamoebidae
Vermamoeba vermiformis (formerly called Hartmannella vermiformis)
Scientific classification
Domain:
Phylum:
Class:
Order:
Echinamoebida

Cavalier-Smith, 2004
Family:
Echinamoebidae

Page, 1975

Taxonomy

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Family Echinamoebidae Page 1975

  • Genus Comandonia 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

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  1. ^ "Echinamoebidae". National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI). 136448. Retrieved May 9, 2011.
  2. ^ Frederick C. Page (1975). "A new family of amoebae with fine pseudopodia". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 56 (1): 73–89. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.1975.tb00811.x.