Cryptodifflugiidae | |
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Tests of Cryptodifflugia sp., from the Eugène Penard collection | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Clade: | Amorphea |
Phylum: | Amoebozoa |
Class: | Tubulinea |
Order: | Arcellinida |
Suborder: | Phryganellina |
Family: | Cryptodifflugiidae Jung, 1942 [1] |
Genera [2] | |
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Cryptodifflugiidae is a family of arcellinid testate amoebae. [2]
Members of this family are conopodous (with conical pseudopods) amoebae with the body in a clear, usually firm, vase-shaped test, and conical pseudopods for locomotion that extend separately from the opening of the test. [1]
The classification of the family, as of 2019: [2]
The 2022 classification places Meisterfeldia and Wailesella as Arcellinida incertae sedis , leaving Cryptodifflugia as the sole member of the family. [7]