Echinamoebidae

Echinamoebidae is a family of Amoebozoa,^[1] containing the genera Echinamoeba and Filamoeba. It was established by Frederick Page in 1975.^[2]

Echinamoebidae
Vermamoeba vermiformis (formerly called Hartmannella vermiformis)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Phylum:	Amoebozoa
Class:	Tubulinea
Order:	Echinamoebida Cavalier-Smith, 2004
Family:	Echinamoebidae Page, 1975

Taxonomy

Family Echinamoebidae Page 1975

• Genus Comandonia Sawyer & Griffin 1975 ex Pernin & Pussard 1979
  • Species C. operculata Sawyer & Griffin 1975 ex Pernin & Pussard 1979
• Genus Micriamoeba Atlan et al. 2012
  • Species M. tesseris Atlan et al. 2012
• Genus Echinamoeba Page 1975
  • Species E. exudans (Page 1967) Page 1975
  • Species E. silvestris Page 1975
  • Species E. thermarum Baumgartner et al. 2003

References

1. "Echinamoebidae". National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI). 136448. Retrieved May 9, 2011.
2. Frederick C. Page (1975). "A new family of amoebae with fine pseudopodia". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 56 (1): 73–89. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.1975.tb00811.x.