Himatismenida

Himatismenida
A preserved specimen of Cochliopodium sp., with some diatoms, from the Eugène Penard collection
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Phylum:	Amoebozoa
Class:	Discosea
Subclass:	Flabellinia
Order:	Himatismenida Page, 1987
Families and genera
Parvamoebidae Parvamoeba Cochliopodiidae Chlamydamoeba Cochliopodium Ovalopodium
Synonyms
Cochliopodiida

Himatismenida is an Amoebozoa order,[1] in the class Discosea, along with Glycostylida and Dermamoebida.[2] It contains species such as Cochliopodium gallicum.[3]

References

1. "Himatismenida". Retrieved 2009-03-08.
2. Kudryavtsev A, Bernhard D, Schlegel M, Chao EE, Cavalier-Smith T (August 2005). "18S ribosomal RNA gene sequences of Cochliopodium (Himatismenida) and the phylogeny of Amoebozoa". Protist. 156 (2): 215–24. doi:10.1016/j.protis.2005.03.003. PMID 16171188.
3. Kudryavtsev A, Smirnov A (March 2006). "Cochliopodium gallicum n. sp. (Himatismenida), an amoeba bearing unique scales, from cyanobacterial mats in the Camargue (France)". Eur. J. Protistol. 42 (1): 3–7. doi:10.1016/j.ejop.2005.08.001. PMID 17070746.