| Gephyramoeba | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Phylum: | Amoebozoa |
| Class: | Tubulinea |
| Order: | Leptomyxida |
| Family: | Gephyramoebidae |
| Genus: | Gephyramoeba Goodey 1914 |
| Type species | |
| Gephyramoeunnmbba delicatula Goodey 1914 | |
| Species | |
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Gephyramoeba is a genus of heterotrophic amoebae, morphologically similar to genera Rhizamoeba and Leptomyxa, although it is not genetically related to either of these genera.
It has been suggested that "Gephyramoeba sp." ATCC 50654 is not truly Gephyramoeba.
References
- Gephyramoeba
- Smirnov, A.; Nassonova, E.; Cavalier-Smith, T. (2008). "Correct identification of species makes the amoebozoan rRNA tree congruent with morphology for the order Leptomyxida Page 1987; with description of Acramoeba dendroida n. G., n. Sp., originally misidentified as 'Gephyramoeba sp.'". European Journal of Protistology. 44 (1): 35β44. doi:10.1016/j.ejop.2007.08.001. PMID 17905574.
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| Gephyramoeba | |
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