Clastodermataceae | |
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life cycle of Barbeyella minutissima. A) Sporangium; b) through e) open sporangium; b) from the side; c) and d) from above; e) transparent peridium | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Phylum: | Amoebozoa |
Class: | Myxogastria |
Order: | Echinosteliales |
Family: | Clastodermataceae Alexop. & T.E.Brooks |
Type genus | |
Clastoderma | |
Genera | |
The Clastodermataceae are a family of slime molds in the order Echinosteliales. The family was circumscribed in 1971.[1] The family contains two genera, Barbeyella and Clastoderma, that have a total of three species.[2]