Amoeba (genus)

This article is about the genus Amoeba. For other uses, see Amoeba (disambiguation).

Amoeba
Amoeba proteus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Phylum: Amoebozoa
Class: Tubulinea
Order: Euamoebida
Family: Amoebidae
Genus: Amoeba
Bory de Saint-Vincent, 1822[1]
Species
  • Amoeba agilis Kirk, 1907
  • Amoeba gorgonia Pen.
  • Amoeba limicola Rhumb.
  • Amoeba proteus Pal.
  • Amoeba vespertilio Pen.
Synonyms
  • Proteus Mueller 1786 non Hauser 1885 non Roesel 1755 non Dujardin 1835 non Laurenti 1768
  • Vibrio Gmelin 1788 non Pacini 1854
  • Metamoeba Friz, 1992

Amoeba is a genus of single-celled amoeboids in the family Amoebidae.[2] The type species of the genus is Amoeba proteus, a common freshwater organism, widely studied in classrooms and laboratories.[3]

  1. ^ Bory de Saint-Vincent, J.B.G.M. (1822-1831). Article "Amiba". In: Dictionnaire classique d'histoire naturelle par Messieurs Audouin, Isid. Bourdon, Ad. Brongniart, De Candolle, Daudebard de Férusac, A. Desmoulins, Drapiez, Edwards, Flourens, Geoffroy de Saint-Hilaire, A. De Jussieu, Kunth, G. de Lafosse, Lamouroux, Latreille, Lucas fils, Presle-Duplessis, C. Prévost, A. Richard, Thiébaut de Berneaud, et Bory de Saint-Vincent. Ouvrage dirigé par ce dernier collaborateur, et dans lequel on a ajouté, pour le porter au niveau de la science, un grand nombre de mots qui n'avaient pu faire partie de la plupart des Dictionnaires antérieurs. 17 vols. Paris: Rey et Gravier; Baudoin frères, vol. 1, p. 260, [1].
  2. ^ Xu, Kaigin (2007). "National Institute for Environmental Studies, Japan". The World of Protozoa, Rotifera, Nematoda and Oligochaeta. National Institute for Environmental Studies, Japan. Retrieved Sep 11, 2014.
  3. ^ Friz, Carl T. (1992). "Taxonomic Analyses of Seven Species of Family Amoebidae by Isozymic Characterization of Electrophoretic Patterns and the Descriptions of a New Genus and a New Species: Metamoeba n. gen. Amoeba amazonas n. sp". Archiv für Protistenkunde. 142 (1–2): 29–40. doi:10.1016/S0003-9365(11)80098-9.