Copromyxa

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Copromyxa
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Domain: Eukaryota
Phylum: Amoebozoa
Class: Tubulinea
Order: Euamoebida
Family: Hartmannellidae
Genus: Copromyxa
Zopf 1885
Type species
Copromyxa protea
(Fayod 1883) Zopf 1885
Species
  • C. cantabrigiensis(Page 1974) Brown, Silberman & Spiegel 2011
  • C. laresiKostka 2016
  • C. limacoides(Page 1967) Kostka et al. 2016
  • C. microcystidisvan Wichelen et al. 2016
  • C. protea(Fayod 1883) Zopf 1885
  • C. vandevyverivan Wichelen et al. 2016
  • C. xylophaga(Massalongo ex Massalongo 1902)
Synonyms
  • CashiaPage 1974

Copromyxa is a genus of Amoebozoa in the Lobosa lineage of the eukaryotic supergroup Amoebozoa. It currently includes 2 species, the sorocarpic (aggregatively fruiting) amoeba Copromyxa protea and the non-sorocarpic amoeba Copromyxa (=Hartmannella) cantabrigiensis . The named species Copromyxa arborescens, is a synonym of C. protea. [1] [2]

References

  1. "Species: Copromyxa arborescens M. Nesom & L. S. Olive". The Eumycetozoan Project Database. University of Arkansas . Retrieved June 26, 2010.
  2. Brown, Matthew W; Silberman, Jeffrey D.; Spiegel, Frederick W. (2011). ""Slime Molds" among the Tubulinea (Amoebozoa): Molecular Systematics and Taxonomy of Copromyxa". Protist. 162 (2): 277–287. doi:10.1016/j.protis.2010.09.003. PMID   21112814.