Leptomyxida is an order of Amoebozoa.[1][2]

Leptomyxida
Rhizamoeba saxonica
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Domain: Eukaryota
Phylum: Amoebozoa
Class: Tubulinea
Order: Leptomyxida
Pussard & Pons, 1976
Families

It includes species such as Flabellula citata, Paraflabellula hoguae, Paraflabellula reniformis, Rhizamoeba saxonica and Leptomyxa reticulata.

Taxonomy

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The taxonomy of Leptomyxida as revised in 2017 recognizes 23 confirmed species:[3]

References

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  1. ^ "Leptomyxida". National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI).
  2. ^ Iva Dyková; Ivan Fiala; Hana Pecková; Helena Dvořáková (2008). "Phylogeny of Flabellulidae (Amoebozoa: Leptomyxida) inferred from SSU rDNA sequences of the type strain of Flabellula citata Schaeffer, 1926 and newly isolated strains of marine amoebae" (PDF). Folia Parasitologica. 55 (4): 256–264. doi:10.14411/fp.2008.033. PMID 19175203.
  3. ^ a b c d e Smirnov, Alexey; Nassonova, Elena; Geisen, Stefan; Bonkowski, Michael; Kudryavtsev, Alexander; Berney, Cedric; Glotova, Anna; Bondarenko, Natalya; Dyková, Iva; Mrva, Martin; Fahrni, Jose; Pawlowski, Jan (2017). "Phylogeny and Systematics of Leptomyxid Amoebae (Amoebozoa, Tubulinea, Leptomyxida)". Protist. 168 (2): 220–252. doi:10.1016/j.protis.2016.10.006. ISSN 1434-4610. PMID 28343121.
  4. ^ Del Valle, Alvaro De Obeso Fernandez; Lorenzo-Morales, Jacob; Maciver, Sutherland K. (2017). "Leptomyxa valladaresi n. sp. (Amoebozoa, Tubulinea, Leptomyxida), from Mount Teide, Tenerife, Spain". Experimental Parasitology. 183: 85–91. doi:10.1016/j.exppara.2017.09.017. hdl:20.500.11820/388d40ed-c270-401e-8430-5fdf722b0b67. ISSN 0014-4894. PMID 29042273. S2CID 8368259.
  5. ^ Smirnov, Alexey (2018). "Fine structure of Leptomyxa ambigua n. sp. CCAP 1546/2 strain, formerly known as "Rhizamoeba flabellata" (Amoebozoa, Tubulinea, Leptomyxida)". European Journal of Protistology. 62: 95–100. doi:10.1016/j.ejop.2017.12.001. ISSN 0932-4739.
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