Correct identification of species makes the amoebozoan rRNA tree congruent with morphology for the order Leptomyxida Page 1987; with description of Acramoeba dendroida n. g., n. sp., originally misidentified as 'Gephyramoeba sp.'

European Journal of Protistology

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 35-44

  Smirnov, Alexey V ^a   Nassonova, Elena S ^b   Cavalier Smith, Thomas ^c  

^a ST PETERSBURG STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^b INSTITUTE OF CYTOLOGY   (Russian Federation)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acramoeba; Amoebozoan phylogeny; Gephyramoeba; Identification; Rhizamoeba; Systematics

Indexed keywords

AMOEBOZOA; FLAMELLA; GEPHYRAMOEBA; GEPHYRAMOEBA SP. ATCC50654; LEPTOMYXIDA; PROTISTA; PSEUDOPODA; RHIZAMOEBA; RHIZAMOEBA SAXONICA; VARIPODIDA;

EID: 38749085291     PISSN: 09324739     EISSN: 16180429     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejop.2007.08.001     Document Type: Article

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