Acanthamoebidae

Acanthamoeba polyphaga

Taxonavigation

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Phylum: Amoebozoa
Classis: Discosea
Ordo: Centramoebida
Familia: Acanthamoebidae
Genera: Acanthamoeba – Dracoamoeba – Luapeleamoeba – Protacanthamoeba – Vacuolamoeba

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