Polychaos

Polychaos
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
(unranked):	Amoebozoa
Class:	Tubulinea
Order:	Tubulinida
Family:	Amoebidae
Genus:	Polychaos; Schaeffer, 1926[1]

Polychaos is an amoeboid genus in the Amoebozoa group.^[2] Several characters unite the species in this genus. The pseudopods meld at their bases when the organism is moving, and have dorsal, longitudinal ridges. The nucleus is oval or ellipsoid.^[3]

Classification

Polychaos includes the following species:^[3]

Polychaos dubium (Schaeffer, 1916) (type species)
Polychaos fasciculatum (Penard, 1902)
Polychaos timidum Bovee, 1972
Polychaos nitidubium Bovee, 1970

References

↑ Schaeffer, Asa Arthur (1926a). "Taxonomy of the amebas, with descriptions of thirty-nine new marine and freshwater species". Papers from the Department of Marine Biology of the Carnegie Institution of Washington. 24: 115 pp. 12 plates.
↑ "The Amoebae". Retrieved 2009-06-25.
1 2 Lee, J.J., Hutner, S.H. & Bovee, E.C., eds. (1985). Illustrated Guide to the Protozoa. Lawrence, Kansas: Society of Protozoologists. pp. ix + 630 pages.

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[Schaeffer_1926a-1] Schaeffer, Asa Arthur (1926a). "Taxonomy of the amebas, with descriptions of thirty-nine new marine and freshwater species". Papers from the Department of Marine Biology of the Carnegie Institution of Washington. 24: 115 pp. 12 plates.

[urlThe_Amoebae-2] "The Amoebae". Retrieved 2009-06-25.

[Lee_et_al_1985-3] 1 2 Lee, J.J., Hutner, S.H. & Bovee, E.C., eds. (1985). Illustrated Guide to the Protozoa. Lawrence, Kansas: Society of Protozoologists. pp. ix + 630 pages.