Gephyramoeba

Gephyramoeba
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Phylum:	Amoebozoa
Class:	Tubulinea
Order:	Leptomyxida
Family:	Gephyramoebidae
Genus:	Gephyramoeba; Goodey 1914
Type species
	Gephyramoeba delicatula; Goodey 1914
Species
	G. delicatula Goodey 1914; G. distracta Lepşi 1960;

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.^[1]

It has been suggested that "Gephyramoeba sp." ATCC 50654 is not truly Gephyramoeba.^[2]

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): 35–44. doi:10.1016/j.ejop.2007.08.001. PMID 17905574.

External links

Gephyramoeba on PubMed

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[1] Gephyramoeba

[2] 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): 35–44. doi:10.1016/j.ejop.2007.08.001. PMID 17905574.

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