Higher Classification: > Kingdom Protozoa > Subkingdom Sarcomastigota > Phylum Amoebozoa > Subphylum Lobosa > Class Discosea > Subclass Longamoebia > Order Centramoebida > Suborder Acanthopodina

Acanthamoebidae Sawyer & Griffin, 1975

Rank: Family
Taxon Status: accepted

Children

Acanthamoeba Volkonsky, 1931
Protacanthamoeba Page, 1981

Literature

original description

Sawyer, T. K.; Griffin, J. L. (1975). A Proposed New Family, Acanthamoebidae n. fam. (Order Amoebida), for Certain Cyst-Forming Filose Amoebae. Transactions of the American Microscopical Society. 94(1): 93-98.

basis of record

Parker, S.P. (Ed.) (1982). Synopsis and classification of living organisms. McGraw Hill Book Company: New York, NY (USA). ISBN 0-07-079031-0. 1166, 1232 pp.

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Citation

WoRMS (2025). Acanthamoebidae Sawyer & Griffin, 1975. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1330

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Occurrence

 Present  Absent  Doubtful  Native  Introduced  Naturalised  Invasive  Managed  No data

Environment


marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial

Importance

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