Flamella
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| Flamella | |
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| Flamella fuviatilis | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Phylum: | Amoebozoa |
| Class: | Variosea |
| Family: | Flamellidae |
| Genus: | Flamella Schaeffer, 1926 |
| Type species | |
| Flamella magnifica Schaeffer, 1926 | |
Flamella is a genus of fan-shaped amoebae belonging to the class Variosea within the Amoebozoa. It was described in 1926 by Asa Arthur Schaeffer.
Flamella is a genus of naked flattened amoebae[1] that appear fan-shaped, semicircular or diadem-shaped during locomotion. They develop a wide forward-facing hyaloplasm, from which blunt finger-shaped pseudopodia are produced, as well as trailing filaments facing backwards. Species of Flamella may form cysts that are double-walled and present unique structures, namely ostioles and operculae (crescent-shaped), in the cross sections of walls. Its species are similar to each other, but can be distinguished by the thickness and features of the cyst wall.[2]