Schizopyrenida

Schizopyrenida is an order of Heterolobosea.^[1]

Schizopyrenida
Different stages of Naegleria fowleri
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Clade:	Discoba
Phylum:	Heterolobosea
Order:	Schizopyrenida Edward Drinker Cope 1871
Subdivisions
Vahlkampfiidae (Vahlkampfiida) ?Psalteriomonadidae ?Gruberellidae (Gruberellida)
Synonyms
?Amoebomastigota Naegleriida Starobogatov 1980

It contains Naegleria fowleri.^[2]

Phylogeny

The cladogram from Tolweb and updated by Pánek and Čepička 2014 and family names from Cavalier-Smith 2021.^[3][4] It assumes that Schizopyrenida has four families under it: Tulamoebidae, Naegleriidae, Vahlkampfiidae, and Percolomonadida

	Heterolobosea Schizopyrenida Tulamoebidae Pleurostomum Tulamoeba Marinamoeba Naegleriidae Naegleria Willaertia Vahlkampfiidae Tetramitus Vahlkampfia Percolomonadida Stephanopogonidae Stephanopogon Percolomonadidae Percolomonas Hohlfeld 2023 Cope 1871 Page & Blanton 1985