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Rhizamoeba

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Rhizamoeba is a small genus of free-living marine naked lobose amoebae in the monotypic family Rhizamoebidae in the order Leptomyxida. It is most closely related to Leptomyxa and Flabellula, and some species have been moved to Leptomyxa due to molecular data.

Species

GENUS

  1. KingdomProtozoa
  2. PhylumAmoebozoa
  3. ClassTubulinea
  4. OrderLeptomyxida
  5. FamilyLeptomyxidae
Habitatmarine

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Family
Leptomyxidae
Collections
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Recorded in
Slovakia
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taxon name
Rhizamoeba
taxon rank
genus
taxon common name
リザアメーバ
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Rhizamoeba is a small genus of free-living marine naked lobose amoebae in the monotypic family Rhizamoebidae in the order Leptomyxida. It is most closely related to Leptomyxa and Flabellula, and some species have been moved to Leptomyxa due to molecular data.

==Morphology== Members of Rhizamoeba are characterized by their morphology when they move, which is usually monopodial (with a single ramification), alternating between a slug-like shape and a fan shape. They have either one nucleus or multiple (less than 50) nuclei.

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