IRMNG - Amoebozoa

IRMNG taxon details

Amoebozoa

IRMNG_ID

125 (urn:lsid:irmng.org:taxname:125)

Classification

Authority

Lühe, 1913

Status

accepted

Rank

Phylum

Parent

Sarcomastigota

Synonymised names

Amoebida · unaccepted (order no longer recognised)

Dictyosteliomycota · unaccepted (not used as phylum in Hyde et al., 2024)

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Class Amoebozoa incertae sedis
Genus Astramoeba Vejdovsky, 1881
Genus Bulinularia Penard, 1911
Subphylum Conosa
Subphylum Lobosa
Genus Synamoeba Grell, 1994
Genus Arcella Ehrenberg, 1838 (unaccepted > unavailable name, nomen rejiciendum)
Order Stereomyxida accepted as Amoebozoa incertae sedis (order no longer recognised)
Genus Sphaerula Soldani, 1791 (uncertain, unassessed)

Environment

marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial

Fossil range

recent + fossil

Original description

Not documented

Descriptive notes

Taxonomic remark Concept enlarged by Cavalier-Smith, 1998 with addition of new subphylum Conosa (containing Mycetozoa and Archamoebae)...

Taxonomic remark Concept enlarged by Cavalier-Smith, 1998 with addition of new subphylum Conosa (containing Mycetozoa and Archamoebae) within the phylum Amoebozoa. [details]

Taxonomic citation

IRMNG (2025). Amoebozoa. Accessed at: https://www.irmng.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=125 on 2026-09-11

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2010-05-31 22:00:00Z

created

Rees, Tony

2011-12-31 23:00:00Z

changed

Rees, Tony

2017-03-14 18:41:53Z

changed

Rees, Tony

2025-10-17 05:37:50Z

changed

Rees, Tony

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basis of record Cavalier-Smith, T. (1998). A revised six-kingdom system of life. <em>Biological Reviews.</em> 73(3): 203-266., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1469-185x.1998.tb00030.x [details]

current name source Ruggiero, M. A.; Gordon, D. P.; Orrell, T. M.; Bailly, N.; Bourgoin, T.; Brusca, R. C.; Cavalier-Smith, T.; Guiry, M. D.; Kirk, P. M. (2015). A higher level classification of all living organisms. <em>PLOS ONE.</em> 10(4): e0119248., available online at https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0119248 [details]

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Taxonomic remark Concept enlarged by Cavalier-Smith, 1998 with addition of new subphylum Conosa (containing Mycetozoa and Archamoebae) within the phylum Amoebozoa. [details]

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