Family Amoebophryaceae

Family Amoebophryaceae

Citation: Amoebophryaceae ERROR bib208.htm for J. Cachon, 1964 ex ERROR bib1202.htm for Loeblich III, 1970. Diagnosis:Syndinialeans in which the multinucleate trophont is highly organized, developing firstly into a form with a large, bee-hive shaped cavity (the mastigocoel) with a narrow orifice, and subsequently into a worm-like multiflagellate swimming stage (the vermiform). Type genus: Amoebophrya ERROR bib1081.htm for Koeppen, 1894. Extant genus: Amoebophrya ERROR bib1081.htm for Koeppen, 1894. (=Hyalosaccus ERROR bib1082.htm for Koeppen, 1899; taxonomic junior synonym - see ERROR bib249.htm for Chatton and Biecheler, 1935, p.505-507)

Parent: Order Syndiniales part 2