Trichosphaerium

Trichosphaerium
Trichosphaerium sp. with dactylopodium (arrow)
Trichosphaerium in its giant amoeba form
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Phylum: Amoebozoa
Class: Tubulinea
Clade: Corycidia
Order: Trichosida
Möbius, 1889
Family: Trichosphaeriidae
Sheehan & Banner, 1973
Genus: Trichosphaerium
Schneider, 1878
Synonyms
  • Pontifex Schaeffer, 1926
  • Atrichosa Cavalier-Smith, 2016[1]

Trichosphaerium is a genus of amoebozoan protists that present extraordinary morphological transformations, both in size and shape, during their life cycle. They can present a test that may or may not be covered in spicules. They are related to the family Microcoryciidae, which contains other amoebae with tests, within the clade Corycidia of the phylum Amoebozoa.

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference Cutosea was invoked but never defined (see the help page).