Acanthamoebidae

Acanthamoeba polyphaga

Taxonavigation

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Protozoa
Subregnum: Sarcomastigota
Phylum: Amoebozoa
Subphylum: Protamoebae
Classis: Variosea
Ordo: Centramoebida
Familia: Acanthamoebidae
Genera: Acanthamoeba – Balamuthia – Protacanthamoeba

Name

Acanthamoebidae

References

• Sawyer, T.K.; Griffin, J.L. 1975: A proposed new family, Acanthamoebidae n. fam. (order Amoebida), for certain cyst-forming filose Amoebae. Transactions of the American Microscopical Society, 94 (1): 93–98.

Vernacular names

日本語: アカントアメーバ
తెలుగు: ఎకాంథమీబా
中文: 棘變形蟲