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| Acanthamoebidae | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Amoebozoa |
| Order: | Centramoebida |
| Family: | Acanthamoebidae |
Acanthamoebidae is a family of Amoebozoa.
It gets its name from Acanthamoeba, its best known member. However, it also includes other species, such as Comandonia operculata and Protacanthamoeba bohemica.[1]
It has been described as having a common origin with Entamoebidae and Dictyosteliida.[2]
[edit] References
- ^ "www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov". http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/Taxonomy/Browser/wwwtax.cgi?mode=Tree&id=33677. Retrieved 2009-05-05.
- ^ Odronitz F, Kollmar M (2007). "Drawing the tree of eukaryotic life based on the analysis of 2,269 manually annotated myosins from 328 species". Genome Biol. 8 (9): R196. doi:10.1186/gb-2007-8-9-r196. PMC 2375034. PMID 17877792. http://genomebiology.com/1465-6906/8/R196.
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