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Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Phylum: | Amoebozoa |
| Class: | Tubulinea |
| Order: | Euamoebida |
| Family: | Amoebidae Ehrenberg 1838 |
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TheAmoebidae are a family ofAmoebozoa,[1] including naked amoebae that produce multiple pseudopodia of indeterminate length. These are roughly cylindrical with granular endoplasm and no subpseudopodia, as found in other members of the classTubulinea. During locomotion one pseudopod typically becomes dominant and the others are retracted as the body flows into it. In some cases the cell moves by "walking", with relatively permanentpseudopodia serving as limbs.
The most important genera areAmoeba andChaos, which are set apart from the others by longitudinal ridges. The best known of the species in this family isAmoeba proteus, commonly used in classrooms to demonstrate movement by pseudopodia.
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