Yogsothothidae

Yogsothothidae
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Clade:	Haptista
Class:	Centroplasthelida
Superorder:	Panacanthocystida
Order:	Chthonida ; Shɨshkin & Zlatogursky 2018
Suborder:	Yogsothothina ; Shɨshkin & Zlatogursky 2018
Family:	Yogsothothidae ; Shɨshkin & Zlatogursky 2018
Genera
	Yogsothoth ; Pinjata ;

Last updated December 15, 2025

Yogsothothidae is a family of centrohelid amoebae. It contains two genera: Yogsothoth , with two species, Y. knorris and Y. carteri, and Pinjata , with a single species P. ruminata.^[1]^[2]

References

↑ Shɨshkin, Yegor; Drachko, Daria; Klimov, Vladimir I.; Zlatogursky, Vasily V. (November 2018). "Yogsothoth knorrus gen. n., sp. n. and Y. carteri sp. n. (Yogsothothidae fam. n., Haptista, Centroplasthelida), with notes on evolution and systematics of centrohelids". Protist. 169 (5): 682–696. doi:10.1016/j.protis.2018.06.003.
↑ Zlatogursky, Vasily V.; Gerasimova, Elena A.; Drachko, Daria; Klimov, Vladimir I.; Shɨshkin, Yegor; Plotnikov, Andrey O. (8 April 2019). "Pinjata ruminata gen. et sp. n.—A New Member of Centrohelid Family Yogsothothidae (Haptista: Centroplasthelida) from the Brackish River". Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology. 66 (6): 862–868. doi:10.1111/jeu.12737. ISSN 1066-5234.

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[1] Shɨshkin, Yegor; Drachko, Daria; Klimov, Vladimir I.; Zlatogursky, Vasily V. (November 2018). "Yogsothoth knorrus gen. n., sp. n. and Y. carteri sp. n. (Yogsothothidae fam. n., Haptista, Centroplasthelida), with notes on evolution and systematics of centrohelids". Protist. 169 (5): 682–696. doi:10.1016/j.protis.2018.06.003.

[2] Zlatogursky, Vasily V.; Gerasimova, Elena A.; Drachko, Daria; Klimov, Vladimir I.; Shɨshkin, Yegor; Plotnikov, Andrey O. (8 April 2019). "Pinjata ruminata gen. et sp. n.—A New Member of Centrohelid Family Yogsothothidae (Haptista: Centroplasthelida) from the Brackish River". Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology. 66 (6): 862–868. doi:10.1111/jeu.12737. ISSN 1066-5234.

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