Mastigamoebida

Taxonavigation

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Phylum: Amoebozoa
Subphylum: Conosa
Infraphylum: Archamoebae
Classis: Archamoeba
Ordo: Mastigamoebida
Familiae: Mastigamoebidae - Endolimacidae

Name

Mastigamoebida Frenzel, Bibl. Zool. 12: 150. 1897 (“Mastigamoebaea”)

Synonyms

Phreatamoebida Cavalier-Smith, BioSystems 25: 33. 1991.

Alternative classifications

Cavalier-Smith (1993)

From Kingdom Protozoa and its 18 phyla

In Class Pelobiontea
Order Mastigamoebida Frenzel, 1892
Synonym Rhizoflagellata Kent, 1880

References

Primary references

• Frenzel, J. 1897. Untersuchungen über die mikroskopische Fauna Argentiniens. I. Teil: Die Protozoen. I. und II. Abteilung: Die Rhizopoden und Helioamoeben. Bibliotheca zoologica 12: 1–166. DOI: 10.5962/bhl.title.12189Reference 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. 

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