Corycidia Kang et al. 2017
Diagnosis: Testate amoebae with cells enclosed in a flexible organic envelope or a rigid test. Tests may be leathery, organic, or composed of spicules and other mineral particles. Apertures are multiple (polyaperturate), allowing the emergence of pseudopodia.
Key References
- Kang, S. et al. (2017). Between a Pod and a Hard Test: The deep evolution of amoebae. Molecular Biology and Evolution 34:2258–2270.
- Smirnov, A. et al. (2017). Revisions to the classification of Amoebozoa based on phylogenomic data. Protist 168:1–20.
- Adl, S.M. et al. (2019). Revisions to the classification of eukaryotes. Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology 66:4–119.