Amoebidae

Familia:
Genera (10): Amoeba – Chaos – Deuteramoeba – Hydramoeba – Metachaos – Metamoeba – Parachaos – Polychaos – Trichamoeba – †Triassamoeba

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Amoebidae Ehrenb., Abh. K. Akad. Wiss. Berlin, Phys. Abh. 1831: 79 (1832) (“Amoebaea”).

• Ehrenberg, C.G. 1832. Über die Entwickelung und Lebensdauer der Infusionsthiere; nebst ferneren Beiträgen zu einer Vergleichung ihrer organischen Systeme. Abhandlungen der Königlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin 1831: 1–154, pls I–IV. BHL Reference page. 

• Cavalier-Smith, T., Chao, E.E.-Y. & Oates, B. 2004. Molecular phylogeny of Amoebozoa and the evolutionary significance of the unikont Phalansterium. European Journal of Protistology 40(1): 21–48. DOI: 10.1016/j.ejop.2003.10.001 Reference page. 
• Friz, C.T. 1992: Taxonomic analyses of seven species of family Amoebidae by isozymic characterization of electrophoretic patterns and the descriptions of a new genus and new species: Metamoeba n. gen. Amoeba amazonas n. sp. Archiv für protistenkunde, 142: 29–40.
• Page, F.C. 1986: The genera and possible relationships of the family Amoebidae, with special attention to comparative ultrastructure. Protistologica, 22: 301–316.
• Pappas, G.D. 1954: Structural and cytochemical studies of the cytoplasm in the family Amoebidae. Ohio journal of science, 54(3): 195–222. PDF
• Poinar, G.O., Jr., Waggoner, B.M. & Bauer, U.-C. 1993. Description and paleoecology of a Triassic amoeba. Naturwissenschaften 80(12): 566–568. DOI: 10.1007/BF01149273 .
• Willumsen, N.B.S.; Siemensma, F.; Suhr-Jessen, P. 1987: A multinucleate amoeba, Parachaos zoochlorellae (Willumsen 1982) comb. nov., and a proposed division of the genus Chaos into the genera Chaos and Parachaos (Gymnamoebia, Amoebidae). Archiv für Protistenkunde, 134: 303–313.

• Wegener Parfrey, Laura 2009. Taxon page for Eukaryota. In: The ATOL eutree hypothesis First Created: 2009–07-04T15:11:59Z. Last Updated: 2009–07-04T15:14:20Z.