Leptomyxida

{{Short description|Order of protozoans}}

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| image = Rhizamoeba movement.png

| image_caption = Rhizamoeba saxonica

| taxon = Leptomyxida

| authority = Pussard & Pons, 1976

| subdivision_ranks = Families

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Leptomyxida is an order of Amoebozoa.{{NCBI taxid|66524|Leptomyxida|May 10, 2011}}{{cite journal |author1=Iva Dyková |author2=Ivan Fiala |author3=Hana Pecková |author4=Helena Dvořáková |year=2008 |title=Phylogeny of Flabellulidae (Amoebozoa: Leptomyxida) inferred from SSU rDNA sequences of the type strain of Flabellula citata Schaeffer, 1926 and newly isolated strains of marine amoebae |journal=Folia Parasitologica |volume=55 |issue=4 |pages=256–264 |doi=10.14411/fp.2008.033 |pmid=19175203 |url=http://www.paru.cas.cz/folia/pdfs/showpdf.php?pdf=21126 |format=PDF|doi-access=free }}

It includes species such as Flabellula citata, Paraflabellula hoguae, Paraflabellula reniformis, Rhizamoeba saxonica and Leptomyxa reticulata.

Taxonomy

The taxonomy of Leptomyxida as revised in 2017 recognizes 23 confirmed species:

  • Order Leptomyxida {{small|Pussard & Pons 1976 sensu Page 1987}}
  • Family Flabellulidae {{small|Bovee 1970}}
  • Flabellula {{small|Schaeffer 1926}}, (includes former Paraflabellula {{small|Page & Willumsen 1983}}) — 10 species
  • Family Gephyramoebidae {{small|Pussard & Pons 1976}}
  • Gephyramoeba {{small|Goodey 2015}} — 1 species
  • Family Leptomyxidae {{small|Pussard & Pons 1976}}
  • Leptomyxa {{small|Goodey 1915}} — 9 species{{cite journal|first1=Alvaro De Obeso Fernandez |last1=Del Valle|first2=Jacob |last2=Lorenzo-Morales|first3=Sutherland K. |last3=Maciver|title=Leptomyxa valladaresi n. sp. (Amoebozoa, Tubulinea, Leptomyxida), from Mount Teide, Tenerife, Spain|journal=Experimental Parasitology|volume=183|date=2017|pages=85–91|issn=0014-4894|doi=10.1016/j.exppara.2017.09.017|pmid=29042273 |hdl=20.500.11820/388d40ed-c270-401e-8430-5fdf722b0b67 |s2cid=8368259 |url=https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0014489417304344|hdl-access=free}}{{cite journal|first1=Alexey |last1=Smirnov|title=Fine structure of Leptomyxa ambigua n. sp. CCAP 1546/2 strain, formerly known as "Rhizamoeba flabellata" (Amoebozoa, Tubulinea, Leptomyxida)|journal=European Journal of Protistology|volume=62|date=2018|pages=95–100|issn=0932-4739|doi=10.1016/j.ejop.2017.12.001|url=https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S093247391730158X}}
  • Family Rhizamoebidae {{small|Smirnov et al. 2016}}
  • Rhizamoeba {{small|Page 1972 em. Smirnov et al. 2016}} — 3 species{{cite journal|first1=Alexey |last1=Smirnov|first2=Elena |last2=Nassonova|first3=Stefan |last3=Geisen|first4=Michael |last4=Bonkowski|first5=Alexander|last5=Kudryavtsev|first6=Cedric |last6=Berney|first7=Anna |last7=Glotova|first8=Natalya |last8=Bondarenko|first9=Iva |last9=Dyková|first10=Martin |last10=Mrva|first11=Jose |last11=Fahrni|first12=Jan |last12=Pawlowski|title=Phylogeny and Systematics of Leptomyxid Amoebae (Amoebozoa, Tubulinea, Leptomyxida)|journal=Protist|volume=168|issue=2|date=2017|pages=220–252|issn=1434-4610|doi=10.1016/j.protis.2016.10.006|pmid=28343121 |url=https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1434461016300670}}

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