Leptomyxida

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.[1][2]

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:[3]

• Order Leptomyxida Pussard & Pons 1976 sensu Page 1987
  • Family Leptomyxidae Pussard & Pons 1976
    • Leptomyxa Goodey 1915 — 9 species[3][4][5]
  • Family Rhizamoebidae Smirnov et al. 2016
    • Rhizamoeba Page 1972 em. Smirnov et al. 2016 — 3 species[3]
  • Family Flabellulidae Bovee 1970
    • Flabellula Schaeffer 1926, (includes former Paraflabellula Page & Willumsen 1983) — 10 species [3]
  • Family Gephyramoebidae Pussard & Pons 1976
    • Gephyramoeba Goodey 2015 — 1 species[3]

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

• Data related to Leptomyxida at Wikispecies