Copromyxa

{{Automatic taxobox

| taxon = Copromyxa

| authority = Zopf 1885

| type_species = Copromyxa protea

| type_species_authority = (Fayod 1883) Zopf 1885

| subdivision_ranks = Species

| subdivision =

C. cantabrigiensis (Page 1974) Brown, Silberman & Spiegel 2011
C. laresi Kostka 2016
C. limacoides (Page 1967) Kostka et al. 2016
C. microcystidis van Wichelen et al. 2016
C. protea (Fayod 1883) Zopf 1885
C. vandevyveri van Wichelen et al. 2016
C. xylophaga (Massalongo ex Massalongo 1902)

| synonyms =

Cashia Page 1974

}}

Copromyxa is a genus of Amoebozoa in the Lobosa lineage of the eukaryotic supergroup Amoebozoa. It currently includes 2 species, the sorocarpic (aggregatively fruiting) amoeba Copromyxa protea and the non-sorocarpic amoeba Copromyxa (=Hartmannella) cantabrigiensis. The named species Copromyxa arborescens, is a synonym of C. protea.{{cite web |url=http://slimemold.uark.edu/fungi/WebForms/NameDetailsForm.aspx?Action=Display&CancelScript=1&NameId=84A7E7E8-AFAB-434A-BB9E-E2907FD3A375&Key=84A7E7E8-AFAB-434A-BB9E-E2907FD3A375@StateID=&Sort=0&TabNum=2 |title=Species: Copromyxa arborescens M. Nesom & L. S. Olive |work=The Eumycetozoan Project Database |publisher=University of Arkansas |accessdate=June 26, 2010}}{{cite journal |last=Brown |first=Matthew W |author2=Silberman, Jeffrey D. |author3=Spiegel, Frederick W. |title="Slime Molds" among the Tubulinea (Amoebozoa): Molecular Systematics and Taxonomy of Copromyxa |journal=Protist |year=2011 |volume=162 |issue=2 |pages=277–287 |doi=10.1016/j.protis.2010.09.003 |pmid=21112814}}

References

Category:Amoebozoa genera