Copromyxa

Copromyxa
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Clade:	Amorphea
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;
Synonyms
	CashiaPage 1974;

Last updated September 10, 2025

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

↑ "Species: Copromyxa arborescens M. Nesom & L. S. Olive". The Eumycetozoan Project Database. University of Arkansas . Retrieved June 26, 2010.
↑ 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.

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[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.

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