Biology:Leptomyxida

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Short description: Order of protozoans

Leptomyxida
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Rhizamoeba saxonica
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Phylum: Amoebozoa
Class: Tubulinea
Order: Leptomyxida
Pussard & Pons, 1976
Families
  • Flabellulidae
  • Gephyramoebidae
  • Leptomyxidae
  • Rhizamoebidae

Leptomyxida is an order of Amoebozoa.[1][2]

It includes species such as Flabellula citata, Paraflabellula hoguae, Paraflabellula reniformis, Rhizamoeba saxonica and Leptomyxa reticulata.

Taxonomy

The taxonomy of Leptomyxida as revised in 2017 recognizes 23 confirmed species:[3]

  • Order Leptomyxida Pussard & Pons 1976 sensu Page 1987
    • Family Leptomyxidae Pussard & Pons 1976
    • Family Rhizamoebidae Smirnov et al. 2016
    • Family Flabellulidae Bovee 1970
    • Family Gephyramoebidae Pussard & Pons 1976

References

  1. "Leptomyxida". National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI). https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/Taxonomy/Browser/wwwtax.cgi?id=66524. 
  2. Iva Dyková; Ivan Fiala; Hana Pecková; Helena Dvořáková (2008). "Phylogeny of Flabellulidae (Amoebozoa: Leptomyxida) inferred from SSU rDNA sequences of the type strain of Flabellula citata Schaeffer, 1926 and newly isolated strains of marine amoebae" (PDF). Folia Parasitologica 55 (4): 256–264. doi:10.14411/fp.2008.033. PMID 19175203. http://www.paru.cas.cz/folia/pdfs/showpdf.php?pdf=21126. 
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 Smirnov, Alexey; Nassonova, Elena; Geisen, Stefan; Bonkowski, Michael; Kudryavtsev, Alexander; Berney, Cedric; Glotova, Anna; Bondarenko, Natalya et al. (2017). "Phylogeny and Systematics of Leptomyxid Amoebae (Amoebozoa, Tubulinea, Leptomyxida)". Protist 168 (2): 220–252. doi:10.1016/j.protis.2016.10.006. ISSN 1434-4610. PMID 28343121. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1434461016300670. 
  4. Del Valle, Alvaro De Obeso Fernandez; Lorenzo-Morales, Jacob; Maciver, Sutherland K. (2017). "Leptomyxa valladaresi n. sp. (Amoebozoa, Tubulinea, Leptomyxida), from Mount Teide, Tenerife, Spain". Experimental Parasitology 183: 85–91. doi:10.1016/j.exppara.2017.09.017. ISSN 0014-4894. PMID 29042273. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0014489417304344. 
  5. Smirnov, Alexey (2018). "Fine structure of Leptomyxa ambigua n. sp. CCAP 1546/2 strain, formerly known as "Rhizamoeba flabellata" (Amoebozoa, Tubulinea, Leptomyxida)". European Journal of Protistology 62: 95–100. doi:10.1016/j.ejop.2017.12.001. ISSN 0932-4739. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S093247391730158X. 

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q2800290 entry