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Name - Acanthamoebidae Sawyer & Griffin 1975

Name Details

Life Sciences Identifier (LSID)

urn:lsid:organismnames.com:name:868683 [metadata]

Variants and Synonyms

Reported Taxonomic Ranks

Family

Reported Taxonomic Hierarchies

Protozoa (Group)
Sarcodina (Subphylum)
Rhizopoda (Superclass)
Lobosea (Class)
Gymnamoebia (Subclass)
Amoebida (Order)
Protozoa (Group)
Sarcodina (Subphylum)
Rhizopoda (Superclass)
Lobosea (Class)
Gymnamoebia (Subclass)
Amoebida (Order)

References

Original Description Reference

  • A proposed new family, Acanthamoebidae n. fam. (Order Amoebida), for certain cyst-forming filose amoebae. Transactions Am. microsc. Yearbook American Philosophical Society, 94(1) 1975: 93-98. [Zoological Record Volume 112]

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Original Description Reference

  • A proposed new family, Acanthamoebidae n. fam. (Order Amoebida), for certain cyst-forming filose amoebae. Transactions Am. microsc. Yearbook American Philosophical Society, 94(1) 1975: 93-98. [Zoological Record Volume 112]

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Zoological Record

Recent Publications

  • A new key to freshwater and soil gymnamoebae with instructions for culture.
  • [Naked Rhizopoda.]
  • The naked ramicristate amoebae (Gymnamoebae).
  • A proposed new family, Acanthamoebidae n. fam. (Order Amoebida), for certain cyst-forming filose amoebae. Transactions Am. microsc.
  • Expansion of the molecular and morphological diversity of Acanthamoebidae (Centramoebida, Amoebozoa) and identification of a novel life cycle type within the group.

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