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Endamoeba

Endamoeba is a genus of amoeboids in Amoebozoa. It includes the species Endamoeba blattae, Endamoeba lutea, and Endamoeba similans.

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Endamoeba
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Phylum: Amoebozoa
Family: Entamoebidae
Genus: Endamoeba
J. Leidy, 1879 1
Type species
Endamoeba blattae
(Bütschli 1878) Leidy 1879
Synonyms
  • Endamoeba (Placoidia) Morris 1936
  • Endamoeba (Poneramoeba) Lühe 1909
  • Loeschia Chatton & Lalung-Bonnaire 1912
  • Proctamoeba Aléxéieff 1912
  • Viereckia Chatton & Lalung-Bonnaire 1912

Endamoeba is a genus of amoeboids in Amoebozoa.2 It includes the species Endamoeba blattae (type species3), Endamoeba lutea, and Endamoeba similans.45

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