IRMNG - Thecamoebidae Schaeffer, 1926

IRMNG taxon details

Thecamoebidae Schaeffer, 1926

IRMNG_ID

115902 (urn:lsid:irmng.org:taxname:115902)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Family

Parent

Thecamoebida

Direct children (3)

Ordering

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By status

Children Display

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Environment

terrestrial

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

Schaeffer, A. A. (1926). 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. Vol. XXIV. Washington: Gibbson Brothers.
page(s): 83 [details] Available for editors

Taxonomic citation

IRMNG (2026). Thecamoebidae Schaeffer, 1926. Accessed at: https://irmng.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=115902 on 2026-08-24

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2006-09-19 22:00:00Z

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Rees, Tony

2011-12-31 23:00:00Z

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Rees, Tony

2019-03-22 18:33:54Z

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Rees, Tony

2026-07-04 12:24:31Z

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Díez, Guillermo

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original description Schaeffer, A. A. (1926). 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. Vol. XXIV. Washington: Gibbson Brothers.
page(s): 83 [details] Available for editors

basis of record Parker, S.P. (ed). (1982). Synopsis and Classification of Living Organisms. McGraw-Hill, New York. 2 volumes. [details]

additional source Smirnov, A. V.; Chao, E.; Nassonova, E. S.; Cavalier-Smith, T. (2011). A revised classification of naked lobose Amoebae (Amoebozoa: Lobosa). Protist. 162(4): 545-570., available online at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.protis.2011.04.004 [details]

taxonomy source Cavalier-Smith, T.; Chao, E. E.; Lewis, R. (2016). 187-gene phylogeny of protozoan phylum Amoebozoa reveals a new class (Cutosea) of deep-branching, ultrastructurally unique, enveloped marine Lobosa and clarifies amoeba evolution. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 99: 275-296., available online at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ympev.2016.03.023 [details]

current name source Smirnov, A. V.; Chao, E.; Nassonova, E. S.; Cavalier-Smith, T. (2011). A revised classification of naked lobose Amoebae (Amoebozoa: Lobosa). Protist. 162(4): 545-570., available online at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.protis.2011.04.004 [details]

extant flag source Parker, S.P. (ed). (1982). Synopsis and Classification of Living Organisms. McGraw-Hill, New York. 2 volumes. [details]

Unreviewed

Classification Eukaryota (Superkingdom) > Protista (Kingdom) > Sarcomastigophora (Phylum) > Sarcodina (Subphylum) > Rhizopoda (Superclass) > Lobosa (Class) > Gymnamoeba (Subclass) > Amoebida (Order) > Thecina (Suborder) > Thecamoebidae (Family) [details]

Descriptive info Includes marine genera (Aphia 2006) [details]

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