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Leptomyxida
Rhizamoeba saxonica
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Phylum:	Amoebozoa
Class:	Tubulinea
Order:	Leptomyxida Pussard & Pons, 1976
Families
Flabellulidae Gephyramoebidae Leptomyxidae Rhizamoebidae

Leptomyxida is an order of Amoebozoa.

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 Pussard & Pons 1976 sensu Page 1987
  • Family Leptomyxidae Pussard & Pons 1976
    • Leptomyxa Goodey 1915 — 9 species
  • Family Rhizamoebidae Smirnov et al. 2016
    • Rhizamoeba Page 1972 em. Smirnov et al. 2016 — 3 species
  • Family Flabellulidae Bovee 1970
    • Flabellula Schaeffer 1926, (includes former Paraflabellula Page & Willumsen 1983) — 10 species
  • Family Gephyramoebidae Pussard & Pons 1976
    • Gephyramoeba Goodey 2015 — 1 species

References

1. "Leptomyxida". National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI).
2. 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" (PDF). Folia Parasitologica. 55 (4): 256–264. doi:10.14411/fp.2008.033. PMID 19175203.
3. ^ Smirnov, Alexey; Nassonova, Elena; Geisen, Stefan; Bonkowski, Michael; Kudryavtsev, Alexander; Berney, Cedric; Glotova, Anna; Bondarenko, Natalya; Dyková, Iva; Mrva, Martin; Fahrni, Jose; Pawlowski, Jan (2017). "Phylogeny and Systematics of Leptomyxid Amoebae (Amoebozoa, Tubulinea, Leptomyxida)". Protist. 168 (2): 220–252. doi:10.1016/j.protis.2016.10.006. ISSN 1434-4610. PMID 28343121.
4. Del Valle, Alvaro De Obeso Fernandez; Lorenzo-Morales, Jacob; Maciver, Sutherland K. (2017). "Leptomyxa valladaresi n. sp. (Amoebozoa, Tubulinea, Leptomyxida), from Mount Teide, Tenerife, Spain". Experimental Parasitology. 183: 85–91. doi:10.1016/j.exppara.2017.09.017. hdl:20.500.11820/388d40ed-c270-401e-8430-5fdf722b0b67. ISSN 0014-4894. PMID 29042273. S2CID 8368259.
5. Smirnov, Alexey (2018). "Fine structure of Leptomyxa ambigua n. sp. CCAP 1546/2 strain, formerly known as "Rhizamoeba flabellata" (Amoebozoa, Tubulinea, Leptomyxida)". European Journal of Protistology. 62: 95–100. doi:10.1016/j.ejop.2017.12.001. ISSN 0932-4739.

External links

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