Cryptodifflugiidae
Sign in to saveCryptodifflugiidae is a family of arcellinid testate amoebae. ==Description== Members of this family are conopodous (with conical pseudopods) amoebae with the body in a clear, usually firm, vase-shaped test, and conical pseudopods for locomotion that extend separately from the opening of the test.
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- KingdomProtozoa
- PhylumAmoebozoa
- ClassLobosa
- OrderArcellinida
- FamilyCryptodifflugiidae
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Cryptodifflugiidae is a family of arcellinid testate amoebae. ==Description== Members of this family are conopodous (with conical pseudopods) amoebae with the body in a clear, usually firm, vase-shaped test, and conical pseudopods for locomotion that extend separately from the opening of the test.
==Classification== The classification of the family, as of 2019: Infraorder Phryganellina Bovee 1985 Family Cryptodifflugiidae Penard 1890 Cryptodifflugia Cash 1904 – 23 species Meisterfeldia Bobrov 2016 – 6 species Wailesella Deflandre 1928 – 1 species The 2022 classification places Meisterfeldia and Wailesella as Arcellinida incertae sedis, leaving Cryptodifflugia as the sole member of the family.