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Eukaryota > Amoebozoa > Lobosea

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Lobosea  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

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  • Tubulinea

Note

  • general; prefer specifics; infection: coordinate IM with AMEBIASIS (IM); coordinate with specific protozoan terms (ANTIGENS, PROTOZOAN, etc.) if pertinent

Scope note

  • A class of amoeboid EUKARYOTES that forms either filiform subpseudopodia or lobopodia. Characteristics include the absence of sorocarps, sporangia, or similar fruiting bodies. Lobosea were formerly members of the phylum Sarcomastigophora, subphylum Sarcodina, under the old five kingdom paradigm.

History note

  • 92

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D016840

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