| Dracoamoeba | |
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| Trophic cell | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Phylum: | Amoebozoa |
| Class: | Discosea |
| Order: | Centramoebida |
| Family: | Acanthamoebidae |
| Genus: | Dracoamoeba |
| Species: | D. jomungandri
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| Binomial name | |
| Dracoamoeba jomungandri Tice & Brown 2016[1]
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Dracoamoeba is a free-living genus of discosean amoebae in the family Acanthamoebidae containing the sole species Dracoamoeba jomungandri,[2] discovered in 2016 in moist muddy soil close to the ocean shore at Chincoteague, Virginia (United States).[1]
- ^ a b Tice AK, Shadwick LL, Fiore-Donno AM, et al. (2016). "Expansion of the molecular and morphological diversity of Acanthamoebidae (Centramoebida, Amoebozoa) and identification of a novel life cycle type within the group". Biol Direct. 11 (1): 69. doi:10.1186/s13062-016-0171-0. PMC 5192571. PMID 28031045.
- ^ "Dracoamoeba jomungandri". National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI). Retrieved 24 August 2022.