Polychaos

Polychaos
Scientific classification
Domain:
Eukaryota
Phylum:
Amoebozoa
Class:
Tubulinea
Order:
Euamoebida
Family:
Hartmannellidae
Genus:
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 ellipsoid.[3]

Classification

Polychaos includes the following species:[3]

  • Polychaos annulatum (Pénard 1902) Smirnov & Goodkov 1998
  • Polychaos dubium (Schaeffer, 1916) Schaeffer 1926
  • Polychaos fasciculatum (Penard, 1902) Schaeffer 1926
  • Polychaos nitidubium Bovee, 1970
  • Polychaos timidum Bovee, 1972


Phylogenetic analysis has shown this that genus belongs to the family Hartmannellidae.[4]

References

  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. 1 2 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.
  4. ↑ Kamyshatskaya OG, Bondarenko NI, Mesentsev YS, Chistyakova LV, Nassonova ES, Smirnov AV (2020) Molecular phylogeny of Polychaos annulatum (Amoebozoa, Tubulinea, Euamoebida) shows that genus Polychaos belongs to the family Hartmannellidae. J Eukaryot Microbiol


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