Leptomyxida Explained

Leptomyxida is an order of Amoebozoa.^[1]

It includes species such as Flabellula citata, Paraflabellula hoguae, Paraflabellula reniformis, Rhizamoeba saxonica and Leptomyxa reticulata.

Taxonomy

The taxonomy of Leptomyxida as revised in 2017 recognizes 23 confirmed species:

• Order Leptomyxida
  • • • • Family Leptomyxidae Leptomyxa — 9 species^{[2] [3]}
        • Family Rhizamoebidae Rhizamoeba — 3 species^[4]
        • Family Flabellulidae Flabellula, (includes former Paraflabellula) — 10 species ^[4]
        • Family Gephyramoebidae Gephyramoeba — 1 species^[4]

Notes and References

1. Iva Dyková . Ivan Fiala . Hana Pecková . Helena Dvořáková . 2008 . Phylogeny of Flabellulidae (Amoebozoa: Leptomyxida) inferred from SSU rDNA sequences of the type strain of Flabellula citata Schaeffer, 1926 and newly isolated strains of marine amoebae . . 55 . 4 . 256–264 . 10.14411/fp.2008.033 . 19175203 . PDF. free .
2. Alvaro De Obeso Fernandez . Del Valle. Jacob . Lorenzo-Morales. Sutherland K. . Maciver. Leptomyxa valladaresi n. sp. (Amoebozoa, Tubulinea, Leptomyxida), from Mount Teide, Tenerife, Spain. Experimental Parasitology. 183. 2017. 85–91. 0014-4894. 10.1016/j.exppara.2017.09.017. 29042273 . 20.500.11820/388d40ed-c270-401e-8430-5fdf722b0b67 . 8368259 . free.
3. Alexey . Smirnov. Fine structure of Leptomyxa ambigua n. sp. CCAP 1546/2 strain, formerly known as "Rhizamoeba flabellata" (Amoebozoa, Tubulinea, Leptomyxida). European Journal of Protistology. 62. 2018. 95–100. 0932-4739. 10.1016/j.ejop.2017.12.001.
4. Alexey . Smirnov. Elena . Nassonova. Stefan . Geisen. Michael . Bonkowski. Alexander. Kudryavtsev. Cedric . Berney. Anna . Glotova. Natalya . Bondarenko. Iva . Dyková. Martin . Mrva. Jose . Fahrni. Jan . Pawlowski. Phylogeny and Systematics of Leptomyxid Amoebae (Amoebozoa, Tubulinea, Leptomyxida). Protist. 168. 2. 2017. 220–252. 1434-4610. 10.1016/j.protis.2016.10.006. 28343121 .