Pinaciophora
Encyclopedia
Pinaciophora is an amoeboid
genus
of Nucleariid
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It includes the species Pinaciophora fluviatilis.
Amoeboid
Amoeboids are single-celled life-forms characterized by an irregular shape."Amoeboid" and "amœba" are often used interchangeably even by biologists, and especially refer to a creature moving by using pseudopodia. Most references to "amoebas" or "amoebae" are to amoeboids in general rather than to...
genus
Genus
In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...
of Nucleariid
Nucleariid
The nucleariids are a group of amoebae with filose pseudopods, known mostly from soils and freshwater. They are distinguished from the similar vampyrellids mainly by having mitochondria with discoid cristae.-Classification:...
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It includes the species Pinaciophora fluviatilis.