Cryptodifflugiidae
Family of testate amoebae
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Cryptodifflugiidae is a family of arcellinid testate amoebae.[2]
| Cryptodifflugiidae | |
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| Tests of Cryptodifflugia sp., from the Eugène Penard collection | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Phylum: | Amoebozoa |
| Class: | Tubulinea |
| Order: | Arcellinida |
| Suborder: | Phryganellina |
| Family: | Cryptodifflugiidae Jung, 1942[1] |
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Description
Members of this family are conopodous (with conical pseudopods) amoebae with the body in a clear, usually firm, vase-shaped test, and conical pseudopods for locomotion that extend separately from the opening of the test.[1]
Classification
The classification of the family, as of 2019:[2]
- Infraorder Phryganellina Bovee 1985
- Family Cryptodifflugiidae Penard 1890
- Cryptodifflugia Cash 1904 – 23 species[3]
- Meisterfeldia Bobrov 2016 – 6 species[4][5]
- Wailesella Deflandre 1928 – 1 species[6]
- Family Cryptodifflugiidae Penard 1890
The 2022 classification places Meisterfeldia and Wailesella as Arcellinida incertae sedis, leaving Cryptodifflugia as the sole member of the family.[7]