Thecamoeba

Not to be confused with thecamoebians.

Thecamoeba
Thecamoeba striata
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Phylum: Amoebozoa
Class: Discosea
Order: Thecamoebida
Family: Thecamoebidae
Genus: Thecamoeba
de Fromental 1874
Synonyms
  • Striamoeba Jahn, Bovee & Griffith 1974
  • Thorntonius Singh, Misra & Sharma 1982

Thecamoeba is a genus of Amoebozoa with a tough pellicle simulating a shell.

It includes the species:

References

  1. ^ Dyková, I.; Fiala, I.; Dvoráková, H.; Pecková, H. (2008). "Living together: the marine amoeba Thecamoeba hilla Schaeffer, 1926 and its endosymbiont Labyrinthula sp". European Journal of Protistology. 44 (4): 308–316. doi:10.1016/j.ejop.2008.04.001. PMID 18619822.
  2. ^ "Thecamoeba homeri". www.ccap.ac.uk. Retrieved 2024-06-06.


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