Genus Mycamoeba  Blandelier et al., 2017

Diagnosis: flattened amoebae with lobose or conical pseudopodia and a lingulate shape. Mitochondrial cristae are tubular. No glycocalyx or other ornaments on the cell surface. Possess a complex life cycle where active cells transform into coccoid stages, which undergo subsequent buddings, eventually turning into ramified structures with spherical cysts in a terminal position on the ramifications. These structures disappear and cysts are released prior to germinating into active trophozoites.
Type species. Mycamoeba gemmipara Blandelier et al., 2017

Mycamoeba gemmipara  Blandelier et al., 2017

Diagnosis: Small amoeboid cells up to 7 μm. Chromatin is not distributed in a homogeneous manner: there are conspicuous condensed regions pressed against the nuclear membrane and also in the centre of the nucleus.

Habitat: Has been detected to date only in forest soils. Seems to avoid important amounts of nitrogen (release of cadaveric fluids) or other perturbations generated by cadaver decomposition.