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Echinosteliales

The Echinosteliales are an order of Amoebozoa in the class Myxomycetes. It contains two families, the Clastodermataceae and the Echinosteliaceae. Echinosteliales was circumscribed by George Willard Martin and published in 1961.

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Echinosteliales
Life cycle of "Barbeyella minutissima". A) Sporangium; b) through e) open sporangium; b) from the side; c) and d) from above; e) transparent peridium
life cycle of Barbeyella minutissima. A) Sporangium; b) through e) open sporangium; b) from the side; c) and d) from above; e) transparent peridium
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Domain: Eukaryota
Phylum: Amoebozoa
Infraphylum: Eumycetozoa
Class: Myxogastria
Order: Echinosteliales
G.W.Martin, 1961
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The Echinosteliales are an order of Amoebozoa in the class Myxomycetes. It contains two families, the Clastodermataceae and the Echinosteliaceae. Echinosteliales was circumscribed by George Willard Martin and published in 1961.1

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  1. Martin GW. (1960). "The systematic position of the Myxomycetes". Mycologia. 52: 119–129. doi:10.2307/3756254. JSTOR 3756254.