Thecamoeba vicaria

Thecamoeba vicaria is an amoeba that belongs to the genus Thecamoeba and can be found in various habitats. Due to its distinctive morphological features, T. vicaria can be easily differentiated from other amoeboid organisms in culture. Locomotion, in Thecamoeba species, is not aided by pseudopodia, as seen in most Amoeba. Although T. vicaria was previously misclassified as part of a different species group, careful reevaluation of the Thecamoeba terricola species boundaries has allowed T. vicaria to be recognized as a separate species.^[1]