Hartmannellidae

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iHartmannellidae
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Phylum: Amoebozoa
Class: Tubulinea
Order: Tubulinida
Family: Hartmannellidae
Volkonsky 1931
Genera

Cashia
Glaeseria
Hartmannella
Nolandella
Saccamoeba

The Hartmannellidae are a common family of amoebozoa, usually found in soils. When active they tend to be roughly cylindrical in shape, with a single leading pseudopod and no subpseudopodia. This form somewhat resembles a slug and as such they are also called limax amoebae. Trees based on rRNA show the Hartmannellidae as usually defined are paraphyletic to the Amoebidae, which may adopt similar forms.

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