Mastigamoebidae

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Mastigamoebida
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Phylum: Amoebozoa Subphylum: Conosa Infraphylum: Archamoebae Classis: Archamoeba Ordo: Mastigamoebida

Familia: Mastigamoebidae
Genera: Mastigamoeba – Mastigella – Phreatamoeba – ?Reptomonas

Name

Mastigamoebidae Chatton, Ann. Sci. Nat. Sér. 10, Zool. 8: 49. 1925

Synonyms

• Chaetoproteidae Poche, Arch. Protistenk. 30: 172. 1913.
• Mastigellidae Caval.-Sm., BioSystems 25: 33. 1991.
• Phreatamoebidae Caval.-Sm., BioSystems 25: 33. 1991.

References

Primary references

• Chatton, É. 1925. Pansporella perplexa, amoebiens à spores protégées parasite de daphnies. Réflections sur la biologie et la phylogénie des protozoaires. Annales des sciences naturelles. Zoologie Série 10, 8: 5–84. Online. Reference page. 
• Poche, F. 1913. Das System der Protozoen. Archiv für Protistenkunde 30: 125–321. Reference page. 

Additional references

• Cavalier-Smith, T., Chao, E.E.-Y. & Oates, B. 2004. Molecular phylogeny of Amoebozoa and the evolutionary significance of the unikont Phalansterium. European Journal of Protistology 40(1): 21–48. DOI: 10.1016/j.ejop.2003.10.001 Reference page.