Leptomyxa
Leptomyxa is a free-living genus of lobose naked multinucleate amoebae in the order Leptomyxida that inhabits freshwater, soil and mosses. It is very closely related to the genus Rhizamoeba, and some species have been moved between the two genera due to molecular data.
| Leptomyxa | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Phylum: | Amoebozoa |
| Class: | Tubulinea |
| Order: | Leptomyxida |
| Family: | Leptomyxidae |
| Genus: | Leptomyxa Goodey, 1915 emend. Smirnov et al., 2017 |
| Type species | |
| Leptomyxa reticulata Goodey 1915 | |
| Species | |
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