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Acanthamoebidae

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Rank
FAMILY
Published in
Sawyer, T. K.; Griffin, J. L. (1975). A Proposed New Family, Acanthamoebidae n. fam. (Order Amoebida), for Certain Cyst-Forming Filose Amoebae. <em>Transactions of the American Microscopical Society.</em> 94(1): 93-98.

Classification

kingdom
Protozoa
phylum
Amoebozoa
class
Lobosa
order
Amoebida
family
Acanthamoebidae

Name

Homonyms
Acanthamoebidae

Bibliographic References

  1. Cavalier-Smith, T.; Chao, E. E.; Lewis, R. (2016). 187-gene phylogeny of protozoan phylum Amoebozoa reveals a new class (Cutosea) of deep-branching, ultrastructurally unique, enveloped marine Lobosa and clarifies amoeba evolution. <em>Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution.</em> 99: 275-296.
  2. Parker, S.P. (Ed.) (1982). Synopsis and classification of living organisms. McGraw Hill Book Company: New York, NY (USA). ISBN 0-07-079031-0. 1166, 1232 pp.
  3. Parker, S.P. (ed). (1982). Synopsis and Classification of Living Organisms. McGraw-Hill, New York. 2 volumes.
  4. Parker, S.P. (ed). (1982). Synopsis and Classification of Living Organisms. McGraw-Hill, New York. 2 volumes.
  5. Sawyer, T. K.; Griffin, J. L. (1975). A Proposed New Family, Acanthamoebidae n. fam. (Order Amoebida), for Certain Cyst-Forming Filose Amoebae. <em>Transactions of the American Microscopical Society.</em> 94(1): 93-98.
  6. Sawyer, T.K.; Griffin, J.L. (1975). A proposed new family, Acanthamoebidae n. fam. (order Amoebida), for certain cyst-forming filose amoebae. <em>Transactions of the American Microscopical Society.</em> 94: 93-98.
  7. Smirnov, A. V.; Chao, E.; Nassonova, E. S.; Cavalier-Smith, T. (2011). A revised classification of naked lobose Amoebae (Amoebozoa: Lobosa). <em>Protist.</em> 162(4): 545-570.
  8. Tice, A. K.; Shadwick, L. L.; Fiore-Donno, A. M.; Geisen, S.; Kang, S.; Schuler, G. A.; Spiegel, F. W.; Wilkinson, K. A.; Bonkowski, M.; Dumack, K.; Lahr, D. J. G.; Voelcker, E.; Clauß, S.; Zhang, J.; Brown, M. W. (2016). Expansion of the molecular and morphological diversity of Acanthamoebidae (Centramoebida, Amoebozoa) and identification of a novel life cycle type within the group. <em>Biology Direct.</em> 11(1): 69.
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