Gymnamoebia

Name

Subclass Gymnamoebia Page 1976; Levine et al. 1980; Cavalier-Smith, 1993

Similar groups

Order Nuda Schultze, 1854
Order Athalamia Haeckel, 1861, 1862
Order Gymnamoebae Haeckel, 1866
Order Gymnamoebida Delage & Herouard, 1896
Amoebozoa pro parte + Heterolobosea pro parte

Classifications

Page (1976)

Page, F.C. 1976 A revised classification of the Gymnamoebia (Protozoa: Sarcodina). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 58(1):61-77.

Phylum Sarcomastigophora, Subphylum Sarcodina

Superclass Rhizopoda
- Class Lobosea
  - Subclass Gymnamoebia
    - Order Amoebida
      - Suborder Tubulina
        Family Amoebidae
        
        Family Hartmannellidae
        
        Family Entamoebidae
      - Suborder Conopodina
        Family Paramoebidae
      - Suborder Acanthopodina
        Family Acanthamoebidae
        
        Family Echinamoebidae
        
        Family Flabellulidae
        
        Family Hyalodiscidae
        
        Family Thecamoebidae
      - Suborder Flabellina
      - Suborder Thecina
    - Order Schizopyrenida
    - Order Pelobiontida
      - Family Vahlkampfiidae
      - Family Pelomyxidae

Bovee & Sawyer (1979)

Bovee, E.C. & Sawyer, T. K. 1979. Marine flora and fauna of the north-eastern United States. Protozoa: amoebae. Washington: National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration, [1].

Phylum Protozoa [p. 49]

Subphylum Sarcodina
- Subclass Lobosia, Order Amoebida in Honigberg et al., 1964; or Subclass Cyclia, Superorder Lobida in Bovee and Jahn 1965, 1966; or Class Lobosia, Order Gymnamoebia in Page, 1976
  - Family Amoebidae (Diesing 1838)
  - Family Pelomyxidae (Poche 1931)
  - Family Saccamoebidae Bovee 1972
  - Family Hartmannellidae Volkonsky 1931
  - Family Vahlkampfiidae Jollos 1919
  - Family Paramoebidae Poche 1913
  - Family Mastigamoebidae Goldschmidt 1907
  - Family Mayorellidae Schaeffer 1926
  - Family Acanthamoebidae Sawyer And Griffin 1975
  - Family Flabellulidae (Bovee 1970)
  - Family Hyalodiscidae Poche 1913
  - Family Thecamoebidae Schaeffer 1926
  - Family Cochliopodiidae Taranek 1882
  - Family Stereomyxidae Grell 1966

Page (1983)

Page. F. C. 1983. Marine gymnamoebae. Cambridge. Institute of Terrestrial Ecology. 54 pp. [2].

Superclass Rhizopoda von Siebold 1845

Class Lobosea Carpenter 1861
- Subclass Gymnamoebia Haeckel 1862
  - Order Schizopyrenida Singh 1952
    - Family Vahlkampfiidae Jo llos 1917; Zulueta 1917
  - Order Amoebida Ehrenberg 1830
    - Family Amoebidae Diesing 1848
    - Family Thecamoebidae Schaeffer 1926
    - Family Hartmannellidae Volkonsky 1931
    - (Family Entamoebidae Chatton 1925)
    - Family Flabellulidae Bovee 1970
    - Family Hyalodiscidae Poche 1913
    - Family Paramoebidae Poche 1913
    - Family Acanthamoebidae Sawyer & Griffin 1975
    - (Family Echinamoebidae Page 1975)
  - (Order Pelobiontida Page 1976)
    - (Family Pelomyxidae Schulze 1877)
- Subclass Testacealobosia De Saedeleer 1934
  - Order Arcellinida Kent 1880
  - Order Trichosida Möbius 1889
Class Acarpomyxea Page 1976
- Order Leptomyxida Pussard 1976
- Order Stereomyxida Grell 1966

["Taxa in parentheses are not known to be represented in marine habitats.']

Schuster in Margulis et al. (1990)

Schuster, F.L. 1990. 1. Phylum Rhizopoda. In: Margulis, L., J.O. Corliss, M. Melkonian, D.J. Chapman (ed.). Handbook of Protoctista. Jones and Bartlett Publishers, Boston, p. 3-18. See Brands, S.J. (1989-2015), [3].

Kingdom Protoctista

Section I: Phyla without flagellated stages and without complex sexual cycles
- Phylum 1. Rhizopoda
  - Class Lobosea
    - Subclass Gymnamoebia
      - Order Amoebida
        Suborder Tubulina
        
        Suborder Thecina
        
        Suborder Flabellina
        
        Suborder Conopodina
        
        Suborder Acanthopodina
        
        ?Genus Pneumocystis P. Delanoë & Delanoë, 1912
        
        ?Genus Pansporella Chatton, 1925
    - Subclass Testacealobosa
      - Order Arcellinidae
      - Order Trichosida
  - Class Filosea
    - Order Aconchulinida
      - Genus Nuclearia
    - Order Testaceafilosida
      - Family Euglyphidae

Cavalier-Smith (1993)

From Kingdom Protozoa and its 18 phyla

In Class Lobosea
Subclass Gymnamoebia Haeckel, 1862 stat. nov.

Rogerson & Patterson, in Lee et al. (2000[2002])

Rogerson, A. & Patterson, D.J., 2000[2002]. The naked ramicristate amoebae (gymnamoebae). In: Lee, J.J., Leedale, G.F. & Bradbury, P. An Illustrated Guide to the Protozoa. Society of Protozoologists/Allen Press: Lawrence, Kansas, U.S.A, 2nd ed., vol. 2, p. 1023-1053, [4]. See Brands, S.J. (1989-2015), [5].

In “protozoa”, “amoeboid protists”

“the naked ramicristate amoebae (gymnamoebae)”
- Order Euamoebida Lepsi, 1960
  - Family Paramoebidae Poche, 1913
    - Genus Mayorella Schaeffer, 1926
    - Genus Paramoeba Schaudinn, 1896
    - Genus Dactylamoeba Korotneff, 1879 [see Korotnevella Goodkov, 1988]
  - Family Vexilliferidae Page, 1987
    - Genus Vexillifera Schaeffer, 1926
    - Genus Dactylosphaerium Hertwig & Lesser, 1874
    - Genus Neoparamoeba Page, 1987
    - Genus Pseudoparamoeba Page, 1979
    - Genus Boveella Sawyer, 1975
    - Genus Striolatus Schaeffer, 1926
    - Genus Triaenamoeba Bovee, 1970
    - Genus Podostoma Claparède & Lachmann, 1858
    - Genus Subulamoeba Bovee, 1951
    - Genus Oscillosignum Bovee, 1951
  - Family Vannellidae Bovee, 1970
    - Genus Discamoeba Jahn, Bovee & Griffith, 1979
    - Genus Vannella Bovee, 1965
    - Genus Platyamoeba Page, 1969
    - Genus Clydonella Sawyer, 1975
    - Genus Unda Schaeffer, 1926
    - Genus Pessonella Pussard, 1973
  - Family Thecamoebidae Schaeffer, 1926
    - Genus Parvamoeba Rogerson, 1993
    - Genus Thecochaos Page, 1981
    - Genus Sappinia Dangeard, 1896
    - Genus Thecamoeba Fromentel, 1874
    - Genus Dermamoeba Page & Blakey, 1979
    - Genus Pseudothecamoeba Page, 1988
    - Genus Paradermamoeba Smirnov & Goodkov, 1993
  - Family Hartmannellidae Volkonsky, 1931
    - Genus Hartmannella Alexeieff, 1912
    - Genus Cashia Page, 1974
    - Genus Nolandella Page, 1983
    - Genus Saccamoeba Frenzel, 1892
    - Genus Glaeseria Volkonsky, 1931
  - Family Amoebidae Ehrenberg, 1838
    - Genus Chaos Linnaeus, 1767
    - Genus Parachaos Willumsen et al., 1987
    - Genus Trichamoeba Fromentel, 1874
    - Genus Hydramoeba Reynolds & Looper, 1928
    - Genus Polychaos Schaeffer, 1926
    - Genus Deuteramoeba Page, 1986
    - Genus Amoeba Bory de St. Vincent, 1822
    - Genus Metachaos Schaeffer, 1926
- Order Centramoebida
  - Family Acanthamoebidae Sawyer & Griffin, 1975
    - Genus Acanthamoeba Volkonsky, 1931
    - Genus Protacanthamoeba Page, 1981
  - Family Stereomyxidae Grell, 1966
    - Genus Stereomyxa Grell, 1966
    - Genus Corallomyxa Grell, 1965
- Order Leptomyxida Pussard & Pons, 1976
  - Family Gephyramoebidae Pussard & Pons, 1976
    - Genus Gephyramoeba Goodey, 1914
  - Family Flabellulidae Bovee, 1970
    - Genus Flabellula Schaeffer, 1926
    - Genus Paraflabellula Page & Willumsen, 1983
  - Family Leptomyxidae Pussard & Pons, 1976
    - Genus Rhizamoeba Page, 1972
    - Genus Leptomyxa Goodey, 1914
- Incertae sedis
  - Family Echinamoebidae Page, 1975
    - Genus Echinamoeba Page, 1975
    - Genus Filamoeba Page, 1967
    - Genus Comandonia Pernin & Pussard, 1979 [see Flamella Schaeffer, 1926]
  - Family Hyalodiscidae Poche, 1913
    - Genus Gibbodiscus Schaeffer, 1926
    - Genus Ovalopodium Sawyer, 1980
    - Genus Hyalodiscus Hertwig & Lesser, 1874
    - Genus Flamella Schaeffer, 1926
  - Family Cochliopodiidae de Saedeleer, 1934
    - Genus Cochliopodium Hertwig & Lesser, 1874
    - Genus Gocevia Valkanov, 1932
    - Genus Paragocevia Page, 1987
  - [Other]
    - Genus Malamoeba Taylor & King, 1937
    - Genus Malpighamoeba Prell, 1926

Smirnov & Brown (2004)

Smirnov, A.V. & Brown, S. (2004). Guide to the study and identification of soil amoebae. Protistology 3:148–190, [6].

"naked amoebae" (or "gymnamoebae")

Class Lobosea Carpenter 1861 [subclass Testacealobosia not treated]
- Subclass Gymnamoebia Haeckel 1866 ("lobose gymnamoebae")
  - Order Euamoebida Lepsi 1960
  - Order Acanthopodida Page 1976
  - Order Leptomyxida (Pussard and Pons 1976) Page 1987
  - Order Loboreticulatida Page 1987
- Class Lobosea incertae sedis
  - Family Echinamoebida Page 1975
Class Heterolobosea Page and Blanton 1985
- Order Schizopyrenida Singh 1952
- Order Acrasida (Schroeter 1886) Page and Blanton 1985
- Class Heterolobosea incertae sedis
  - Euhyperamoeba fallax Seravin and Goodkov 1982
  - Order Himatismenida Page 1987

Smirnov (2008, 2012)

Smirnov, A. 2008. Amoebas, Lobose. In: Schaechter, M. (ed.). Encyclopedia of Microbiology, vol. 5. Oxford: Elsevier, pp. 558-577, [7].

Smirnov, A. 2012. Amoebas, Lobose. In: Schaechter, M. (ed.). Eukaryotic Microbes. Academic Press, pp. 191-211, [8].

"Table 1. Morphological system of nakeg lobose amoebae by F.C. Page, updated with later described genera"
- Class Lobosea Carpenter 1861
  - Subclass Gymnamoebia Haeckel 1866
    - Order Euamoebida Lepsi 1960
    - Order Acanthopodida Page 1976
    - Order Leptomyxida (Pussard and Pons 1976) Page 1987
      - Suborder Rhizoflabellina Page 1987
      - Suborder Leptoramosina Page 1987
    - Incertae sedis
"Table 2. Combined morphological and molecular system of gymnamoebae"
- Class Tubulinea Smirnov et al., 2005 (= Lobosea Cavalier-Smith et al., 2004)
- Class Discosea (Cavalier-Smith et al., 2004) Smirnov et al., 2008
- Class Variosea (Cavalier-Smith et al., 2004) Smirnov et al., 2008
"Table 3. Checklist of currently known gymnamoebae species"
- Rhizopoda
  - Class Lobosea Carpenter 1861
    - Subclass Gymnamoebia Haeckel 1866
      - Order Euamoebida Lepsi 1960
      - Order Acanthopodida Page 1976
      - Order Leptomyxida (Pussard and Pons 1976) Page 1987
        Suborder Rhizoflabellina Page 1987
        
        Suborder Leptoramosina Page 1987
      - Gymnamoebia incertae sedis
  - Rhizopoda incertae sedis

Vernacular names

English: gymnamoebae