MarBEF Data System - ERMS - Acanthamoeba Volkonsky, 1931

WoRMS taxon details

Acanthamoeba Volkonsky, 1931

AphiaID

120531 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:120531)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Parent

Acanthamoebidae Sawyer & Griffin, 1975

Direct children (2)

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Species Acanthamoeba gigantea Schmoller, 1964
Species Acanthamoeba polyphaga (Puschkarew)

Environment

marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial

Original description

Not documented

Descriptive notes

Distribution Acanthamoeba is a common freshwater /soil genus that is commonly washed into coastal waters as cysts.

Distribution Acanthamoeba is a common freshwater /soil genus that is commonly washed into coastal waters as cysts. [details]

Taxonomic citation

WoRMS (2024). Acanthamoeba Volkonsky, 1931. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=120531 on 2024-11-19

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

created

Rogerson, Andrew

2006-09-04 06:53:11Z

changed

Martinez, Olga

Licensing

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[taxonomic tree]

basis of record Rogerson, A.; Goodkov, A. (2001). Amoebae - naked, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 53-54 (look up in IMIS) [details]

additional source Adl, S. M.; Simpson, A. G. B.; Lane, C. E.; Lukeš, J.; Bass, D.; Bowser, S. S.; Brown, M. W.; Burki, F.; Dunthorn, M.; Hampl, V.; Heiss, A.; Hoppenrath, M.; Lara, E.; Le Gall, L.; Lynn, D. H.; McManus, H.; Mitchell, E. A. D.; Mozley-Stanridge, S. E.; Parfrey, L. W.; Pawlowski, J.; Rueckert, S.; Shadwick, L.; Schoch, C. L.; Smirnov, A.; Spiegel, F. W. (2012). The Revised Classification of Eukaryotes. Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology. 59(5): 429-514., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1550-7408.2012.00644.x [details]

additional source Page, F. C. (1967). Re‐Definition of the Genus Acanthamoeba with Descriptions of Three Species." The Journal of protozoology. The Journal of Protozoology. 14.4: 709-724.
note: Emendation (re-diagnosis of genus) [details] Available for editors

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Present

Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

Containing type locality

Unreviewed

Distribution Acanthamoeba is a common freshwater /soil genus that is commonly washed into coastal waters as cysts. [details]

To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Acanthamoeba)
To GenBank (0 nucleotides; 4 proteins)
To ITIS