Echinamoebidae Explained

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

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

Notes and References

1. Frederick C. Page . 1975 . A new family of amoebae with fine pseudopodia . . 56 . 1 . 73–89 . 10.1111/j.1096-3642.1975.tb00811.x.