Polychaos

Polychaos is an amoeboid genus in the Amoebozoa group.^[2] Several characters unite the species in this genus. The pseudopods meld at their bases when the organism is moving, and have dorsal, longitudinal ridges. The nucleus is oval or ellipsoidal.^[3]

Polychaos
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Phylum:	Amoebozoa
Class:	Tubulinea
Order:	Euamoebida
Family:	Hartmannellidae
Genus:	Polychaos Schaeffer 1926[1]
Type species
Polychaos dubium (Schaeffer 1916) Schaeffer 1926

Classification

Polychaos includes the following species:^[3]

• Polychaos annulatum (Pénard 1902) Smirnov & Goodkov 1998
• Polychaos dubium (Schaeffer, 1916) Schaeffer 1926
• Polychaos fasciculatum (Penard, 1902) Schaeffer 1926
• Polychaos nitidubium Bovee, 1970
• Polychaos timidum Bovee, 1972

Phylogenetic analysis has shown this that genus belongs to the family Hartmannellidae.^[4]