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Amoebozoa

Protozoa

Taxonomy
Amoebozoa is an unranked clade. It is extant.

It was assigned to Eukaryota by Adl et al. (2005); and to Sarcomastigota by Ruggiero et al. (2015).

Sister taxa
Entamoebida, Flabellinea, Stereomyxida, Tubulinea

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2005Amoebozoa Adl et al. p. 401 figs. Table 1
2015Amoebozoa Ruggiero et al. p. 16

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RankNameAuthor
Life
Eukaryota()
classProtozoaGoldfuss 1820
RankNameAuthor
Sarcomastigota
Amoebozoa
Amoebozoa

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

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Subph. Lobosa Carpenter 1861
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Or. Arcellinida Kent 1880
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Superfm. Arcellacea Ehrenberg 1832
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Fm. Hyalospheniidae Schulze 1877
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G. Apodera Loeblich and Tappan 1961
G. Certesella Loeblich and Tappan 1961
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Invalid names: Penardiella Jung 1942 [replaced]
G. Jungia Loeblich and Tappan 1961
Superfm. Cryptodifflugiacea Jung 1942
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Fm. Cryptodifflugiidae Jung 1942
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G. Petalopella Loeblich and Tappan 1961
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Invalid names: Petalopus Claparède and Lachmann 1859 [replaced]
G. Nebela Leidy 1875
Invalid names: Amoebida [empty], Mycetozoida [empty]
G. Pelomyxa Greef 1874
Invalid names: Acanthamoebidae [empty], Conosa [empty], Entamoebida [empty], Flabellinea [empty], Mastigamoebidae [empty], Stereomyxida [empty], Tubulinea [empty]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
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No ecological data are available
Collections
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