Testacea

Name

Testacea Schultze, 1854, p. 52 (not Testacea Linné, 1758, p. 667)

Similar groups

Order Thecamoebida Delage & Herouard, 1896 (not family Thecamoebidae Schaeffer, 1926)
Order Conchulina Cash 1905, 1908.
Order Thecamoebina Hartmann, 1917
Order Thecamoeba Kudo, 1954 (not genus Thecamoeba Fromentel, 1874)
Thekamoebae Pokorný, 1958, 1963

Classifications

Kudo (1954)

Protozoology, 4th ed., Kudo system.

Phylum Protozoa Goldfuss

Subphylum 1 Plasmodroma Doflein
- Class 2 Sarcodina Hertwig and Lesser
  - Subclass 1 Rhizopoda Siebold
    - Order 4 Testacea Schultze (Thecamoeba)
      - Family 1 Gromiidae Eimer and Fickert
        Genus Gromia Dujardin (Allogromia, Rhynchogromia, Diplogromia Rhumbler), Genus Microgromia Hertwig and Lesser, Genus Microcometes Cienkowski, Genus Artodiscus Penard, Genus Lieberkühnia Claparède and Lachmann, Genus Diplophrys Barker, Genus Lecythium Hertwig and Lesser, Genus Schultzella Rhumbler, Genus Myxotheca Schaudinn, Genus Dactylosaccus Rhumbler, Genus Boderia Wright
      - Family 2 Arcellidae Schultze
        Genus Arcella Ehrenberg, Genus Pyxidicula Ehrenberg, Genus Pseudochlamys Claparède and Lachmann, Genus Difflugiella Cash, Genus Cryptodifflugia Penard, Genus Lesquereusia Schlumberger, Genus Hyalosphenia Stein, Genus Corycia Dujardin, Genus Pamphagus Bailey, Genus Plagiophrys Claparède and Lachmann, Genus Leptochlamys West, Genus Chlamydophrys Cienkowski, Genus Cochliopodium Hertwig and Lesser, Genus Amphizonella Greeff, Genus Zonomyxa Nüsslin, Genus Microcorycia Cockerell, Genus Parmulina Penard, Genus Capsellina Penard, Genus Diplochlamys Greeff
      - Family 3 Difflugiidae Taranek
        Genus Difflugia Leclerc, Genus Campascus Leidy, Genus Cucurbitella Penard, Genus Plagiopyxis Penard, Genus Pontigulasia Rhumbler, Genus Phryganella Penard, Genus Bullinula Penard, Genus Heleopera Leidy, Genus Averintzia Schouteden, Genus Nadinella Penard, Genus Frenzelina Penard, Genus Amphitrema Archer, Genus Pseudodifflugia Schlumberger, Genus Diaphoropodon Archer, Genus Clypeolina Penard
      - Family 4 Euglyphidae Wallich
        Genus Euglypha Dujardin (Pareuglypha Penard), Genus Paulinella Lauterborn, Genus Cyphoderia Schlumberger, Genus Trinema Dujardin, Genus Corythion Taránek, Genus Placocista Leidy, Genus Assulina Ehrenberg, Genus Nebela Leidy, Genus Quadrula Schulze, Genus Sphenoderia Schlumberger

Aescht & Foissner (1989)

Aescht, E. & Foissner, W. 1989. Stamm Rhizopoda (U.-Kl. Testacealobosia, Testaceafilosia). – Catalogus Faunae Austriae. Ein systematisches Verzeichnis aller auf österreichischem Gebiet festgestellten Tierarten, Teil I a, 79 S., (Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften) Wien. (PDF)

Phylum: Rhizopoda
- Class: Lobosea
  - Subclass: Testacealobosia
    - Order: Eulobosa
      - Superfamily: Arcelloidea
        Family: Arcellidae
        
        Family: Microchlamyidae
      - Superfamily: Centropyxoidea
        Family: Centropyxidae
        
        Family: Cyclopyxidae
        
        Family: Difflugiidae
        
        Family: Heleoperidae
        
        Family: Hyalospheniidae
        
        Family: Lesquereusiidae
        
        Family: Plagiopyxidae
    - Order: Reticulolobosa
      - Family: Cryptodifflugiidae
      - Family: Phryganellidae
- Class: Filosea
  - Subclass: Testaceafilosia
    - Order: Gromiida
      - Family: Amphitrematidae
      - Family: Chlamydophryidae
      - Family: Cyphoderiidae
      - Family: Euglyphidae
      - Family: Paulinellidae
      - Family: Pseudodifflugiidae

References

Medioli, F.S., Scott, D.B., Collins, E., Asioli, S. & Reinhardt, E.G. 1999. The thecamoebian bibliography. Palaeontologia Electronica 3: 1–161 (PDF)
Medioli, F.S., Bonnet, L., Scott, D.B. & Medioli, B.E. 2003. The thecamoebian bibliography. Palaeontologia Electronica 2nd edition, 61: 1–107 (PDF)

Links

International Society for Testate Amoeba Research