Trichosphaerium

Trichosphaerium
Trichosphaerium sp. with dactylopodium (arrow)
Trichosphaerium in its giant amoeba form
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Clade: Amorphea
Phylum: Amoebozoa
Class: Tubulinea
Clade: Corycidia
Order:
Möbius, 1889
Family:
Sheehan & Banner, 1973
Genus:
Schneider, 1878
Synonyms
  • Pontifex Schaeffer, 1926
  • Atrichosa Cavalier-Smith, 2016[1]

Trichosphaerium is a genus of amoebozoan protists that present extraordinary morphological transformations, both in size and shape, during their life cycle. They can present a test that may or may not be covered in spicules. They are related to the family Microcoryciidae, which contains other amoebae with tests, within the clade Corycidia of the phylum Amoebozoa.

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