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Genus of amoebozoans

Copromyxa
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Phylum: Amoebozoa
Class: Tubulinea
Order: Euamoebida
Family: Hartmannellidae
Genus: Copromyxa
Zopf 1885
Type species
Copromyxa protea
(Fayod 1883) Zopf 1885
Species
  • C. cantabrigiensis (Page 1974) Brown, Silberman & Spiegel 2011
  • C. laresi Kostka 2016
  • C. limacoides (Page 1967) Kostka et al. 2016
  • C. microcystidis van Wichelen et al. 2016
  • C. protea (Fayod 1883) Zopf 1885
  • C. vandevyveri van Wichelen et al. 2016
  • C. xylophaga (Massalongo ex Massalongo 1902)
Synonyms
  • Cashia Page 1974

Copromyxa is a genus of Amoebozoa in the Lobosa lineage of the eukaryotic supergroup Amoebozoa. It currently includes 2 species, the sorocarpic (aggregatively fruiting) amoeba Copromyxa protea and the non-sorocarpic amoeba Copromyxa (=Hartmannella) cantabrigiensis. The named species Copromyxa arborescens, is a synonym of C. protea.

References

  1. "Species: Copromyxa arborescens M. Nesom & L. S. Olive". The Eumycetozoan Project Database. University of Arkansas. Retrieved June 26, 2010.
  2. Brown, Matthew W; Silberman, Jeffrey D.; Spiegel, Frederick W. (2011). ""Slime Molds" among the Tubulinea (Amoebozoa): Molecular Systematics and Taxonomy of Copromyxa". Protist. 162 (2): 277–287. doi:10.1016/j.protis.2010.09.003. PMID 21112814.
Taxon identifiers
Copromyxa


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