Rhizamoeba
Sign in to saveRhizamoeba 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.
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It is catalogued under topics including Amoebozoa genera and Tubulinea.
Its subject is documented across 5 Wikipedia language editions.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomProtozoa
- PhylumAmoebozoa
- ClassTubulinea
- OrderLeptomyxida
- FamilyLeptomyxidae
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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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