Amoebina


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Noun1.Amoebina - the animal order including amoebasAmoebina - the animal order including amoebas  
Amoebida, order Amoebida, order Amoebina
animal order - the order of animals
Rhizopoda, subclass Rhizopoda - creeping protozoans: amoebas and foraminifers
genus Amoeba - protozoan inhabiting moist soils or bottom vegetation in fresh or salt water
Endamoebidae, family Endamoebidae - a large family of endoparasitic amebas that invade the digestive tract
ameba, amoeba - naked freshwater or marine or parasitic protozoa that form temporary pseudopods for feeding and locomotion
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Subsequently, de Saedeleer (1934) placed Cochliopodium in the family Testacea, and Schaeffer (1926) within the Amoebina. The most recent treatment places the genus in the Euamoebae (Patterson & Hedley, 1992) and the Class Lobosea (Phylum Rhizopoda)(Corliss, 1994).
Freshwater scaled heterotrophic protistans from four Gulf States, including descriptions of two new species

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