Conosa

Conosa
Dictyostelium discoideum
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Phylum: Amoebozoa
Clade: Evosea
Subphylum: Conosa
Cavalier-Smith, 1998
Infraphyla

Conosa is a grouping of Amoebozoa. It is subdivided into three groups: Archamoeba, Variosea and Mycetozoa.[1][2]

In some classifications, the mycetozoan Myxogastria and Dictyostelia are united in Macromycetozoa (= Eumycetozoa).[3]


Conosa includes the species Dictyostelium discoideum, a social amoeba, and Entamoeba histolytica, a human pathogen, among others.[4]

Conosa are morphologically defined by a conical microtubular structure,[1][5][6] and have been found to be monophyletic.[2][5]

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