Polychaos
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]
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
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| Order: | Tubulinida |
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| Genus: | Polychaos Schaeffer, 1926[1] |
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
Phylogenetic analysis has shown this that genus belongs to the family Hartmannellidae.[4]
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.
- 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.CS1 maint: uses editors parameter (link)
- Kamyshatskaya OG, Bondarenko NI, Mesentsev YS, Chistyakova LV, Nassonova ES, Smirnov AV (2020) Molecular phylogeny of Polychaos annulatum (Amoebozoa, Tubulinea, Euamoebida) shows that genus Polychaos belongs to the family Hartmannellidae. J Eukaryot Microbiol
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