Nucleariida
Order of amoebae / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Nucleariida | |
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Nuclearia thermophila | |
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Clade: | Obazoa |
(unranked): | Opisthokonta |
Clade: | Holomycota |
Class: | Cristidiscoidea |
Order: | Nucleariida Cavalier-Smith 1993 |
Family: | Nucleariidae Cann & Page 1979 |
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Nucleariida is a group of amoebae[1] with filose pseudopods, known mostly from soils and freshwater. They are distinguished from the superficially similar vampyrellids mainly by having mitochondria with discoid cristae, in the absence of superficial granules, and in the way they consume food.