Higher Classification: > Kingdom Protozoa > Subkingdom Sarcomastigota > Phylum Amoebozoa > Subphylum Lobosa > Class Discosea > Subclass Longamoebia > Order Centramoebida > Suborder Acanthopodina > Family Acanthamoebidae

Acanthamoeba Volkonsky, 1931

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Children

Acanthamoeba gigantea Schmoller, 1964

Literature

basis of record	Rogerson, A.; Goodkov, A. (2001). Amoebae - naked, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 53-54
additional source	Page, F. C. (1967). Re‐Definition of the Genus Acanthamoeba with Descriptions of Three Species." The Journal of protozoology. The Journal of Protozoology. 14.4: 709-724.
additional source	Adl, S. M.; Simpson, A. G. B.; Lane, C. E.; Lukeš, J.; Bass, D.; Bowser, S. S.; Brown, M. W.; Burki, F.; Dunthorn, M.; Hampl, V.; Heiss, A.; Hoppenrath, M.; Lara, E.; Le Gall, L.; Lynn, D. H.; McManus, H.; Mitchell, E. A. D.; Mozley-Stanridge, S. E.; Parfrey, L. W.; Pawlowski, J.; Rueckert, S.; Shadwick, L.; Schoch, C. L.; Smirnov, A.; Spiegel, F. W. (2012). The Revised Classification of Eukaryotes. Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology. 59(5): 429-514.