Cryptodifflugiidae
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Cryptodifflugiidae
Tests of Cryptodifflugia sp., from the Eugène Penard collection
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Phylum: Amoebozoa
Class: Tubulinea
Order: Arcellinida
Suborder: Phryganellina
Family: Cryptodifflugiidae
Jung, 1942[1]
Genera[2]

Cryptodifflugiidae is a family of arcellinid testate amoebae.[2]

Description

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Members of this family are conopodous (with conical pseudopods) amoebae with the body in a clear, usually firm, vase-shaped test, and conical pseudopods for locomotion that extend separately from the opening of the test.[1]

Classification

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The classification of the family, as of 2019:[2]

The 2022 classification places Meisterfeldia and Wailesella as Arcellinida incertae sedis, leaving Cryptodifflugia as the sole member of the family.[7]

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