Polychaos

Polychaos
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Polychaos

Schaeffer 1926[1]
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]

  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.
  2. ^ "The Amoebae". Retrieved 2009-06-25.
  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.