IRMNG - Acanthamoebidae Sawyer & Griffin, 1975

IRMNG taxon details

Acanthamoebidae Sawyer & Griffin, 1975

IRMNG_ID

113813 (urn:lsid:irmng.org:taxname:113813)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Family

Parent

Centramoebida

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Genus Acanthamoeba Volkonsky, 1931
Genus Dracoamoeba Tice & Brown in Tice et al., 2016
Genus Luapeleamoeba Shadwick & Spiegel in Shadwick et al., 2016
Genus Protacanthamoeba Page, 1981
Genus Vacuolamoeba Tice, Geisen & Brown in Tice et al., 2016
Genus Comandonia Pernin & Pussard, 1979 accepted as Acanthamoeba Volkonsky, 1931
Genus Fonbrunella Derr-Harf & Molet, 1982 (uncertain, unassessed)

Environment

marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

Sawyer, T.K.; Griffin, J.L. (1975). A proposed new family, Acanthamoebidae n. fam. (order Amoebida), for certain cyst-forming filose amoebae. Transactions of the American Microscopical Society. 94: 93-98. [details]

Taxonomic citation

IRMNG (2024). Acanthamoebidae Sawyer & Griffin, 1975. Accessed at: https://www.irmng.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=113813 on 2024-10-13

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2006-09-19 22:00:00Z

created

Rees, Tony

2011-12-31 23:00:00Z

changed

Rees, Tony

2017-02-28 20:08:06Z

changed

Rees, Tony

2019-03-22 18:33:54Z

changed

Rees, Tony

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original description Sawyer, T.K.; Griffin, J.L. (1975). A proposed new family, Acanthamoebidae n. fam. (order Amoebida), for certain cyst-forming filose amoebae. Transactions of the American Microscopical Society. 94: 93-98. [details]

basis of record Parker, S.P. (ed). (1982). Synopsis and Classification of Living Organisms. McGraw-Hill, New York. 2 volumes. [details]

additional source Tice, A. K.; Shadwick, L. L.; Fiore-Donno, A. M.; Geisen, S.; Kang, S.; Schuler, G. A.; Spiegel, F. W.; Wilkinson, K. A.; Bonkowski, M.; Dumack, K.; Lahr, D. J. G.; Voelcker, E.; Clauß, S.; Zhang, J.; Brown, M. W. (2016). Expansion of the molecular and morphological diversity of Acanthamoebidae (Centramoebida, Amoebozoa) and identification of a novel life cycle type within the group. Biology Direct. 11(1): 69., available online at https://doi.org/10.1186/s13062-016-0171-0
note: "renewed definition" [details]

taxonomy source Cavalier-Smith, T.; Chao, E. E.; Lewis, R. (2016). 187-gene phylogeny of protozoan phylum Amoebozoa reveals a new class (Cutosea) of deep-branching, ultrastructurally unique, enveloped marine Lobosa and clarifies amoeba evolution. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 99: 275-296., available online at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ympev.2016.03.023 [details]

current name source Smirnov, A. V.; Chao, E.; Nassonova, E. S.; Cavalier-Smith, T. (2011). A revised classification of naked lobose Amoebae (Amoebozoa: Lobosa). Protist. 162(4): 545-570., available online at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.protis.2011.04.004 [details]

extant flag source Parker, S.P. (ed). (1982). Synopsis and Classification of Living Organisms. McGraw-Hill, New York. 2 volumes. [details]

Unverified

Classification Eukaryota (Superkingdom) > Protista (Kingdom) > Sarcomastigophora (Phylum) > Sarcodina (Subphylum) > Rhizopoda (Superclass) > Lobosa (Class) > Gymnamoeba (Subclass) > Amoebida (Order) > Acanthopodina (Suborder) > Acanthamoebidae (Family) [details]

Descriptive info Includes marine genera (Aphia 2006) [details]

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