Polychaos

Polychaos
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Phylum:	Amoebozoa
Class:	Tubulinea
Order:	Euamoebida
Family:	Hartmannellidae
Genus:	Polychaos; Schaeffer 1926
Type species
	Polychaos dubium; (Schaeffer 1916) Schaeffer 1926

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 ellipsoidal.^[3]

^ 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.

[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] 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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