HIERARCHICAL CLASSIFICATION OF THE PHYLUM CONOSA

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This system is drawn from Cavalier-Smith (2003) and Cavalier-Smith et al. (2004) with descriptions from Adl et al. (2005 and 2012), Bovee (1985), Margulis and Schwartz (1988 and 1998), and Schuster (1990), but informed by Patterson (1999) and Walochnik et al. (2004).

SUBPHYLUM ARCHAMOEBAE (Cavalier-Smith 1983)

CLASS ARCHAMOEBEA (Cavalier-Smith et al. 1983)
- Uninucleate amoebae with lobose tubular pseudopodia; no glycostyles or scales, but may have tests and a thick glycocalyx.
- ORDER PELOBIONTIDA
  - Pelomyxa, Mastigina.
  - Entamoeba.
- ORDER MASTIGAMOEBIDA
  - Mastigamoeba, Mastigella, Phreatamoeba.

SUBPHYLUM MYCETOZOA (De Bary 1873)

Pointed pseudopodia, many with sporocarps

CLASS STELAMOEBEA (Cavalier-Smith et al. 2004)
- Very small fruiting bodies with few spores.
- ORDER PROTOSTELIDA
  - Protostelium, Schizoplasmodium, Nematostelium, Cavostelium, Ceratiomyxella.
- ORDER DICTYOSTELIDA
  - Dictyostelium, Acytostelium, Coenonia, Polysphondylium.

CLASS MYXOGASTREA (Fries 1829)
- Usually with plasmodia, large sporocarps
- ORDER PARASTELIDA
  - Ceratiomyxa, Ceratiomyxella.
- ORDER ECHINOSTELIDA
  - Echinostelium.
  - Barbeyella, Clastroderma.
- ORDER LICEIDA
  - Lycogala, Cribraria, Dictydium, Tubifera, Licea.
- ORDER TRICHIIDA
  - Arcyria, Trichia.
- ORDER STEMONITIDA
  - Stemonitis.
- ORDER PHYSARIDA
  - Physarum, Badhamia, Fuligo.
  - Elaeomyxa.
  - Didymium.

By Jack R. Holt and Carlos A. Iudica. Last revised: 03/09/2013

HIERARCHICAL CLASSIFICATION OF THE PHYLUM CONOSA

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