Paulinellidae
| Paulinellidae | |
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| Paulinella chromatophora | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Clade: | Sar |
| Clade: | Rhizaria |
| Phylum: | Cercozoa |
| Class: | Imbricatea |
| Order: | Euglyphida |
| Family: | de Saedeleer 1934 |
| Genera[1] | |
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Paulinellidae is a family of testate amoebae in the order Euglyphida.[2] They are found mostly in marine habitats, but also occur in freshwater or in soil.[1]
Members of the family are single-celled organisms with filose pseudopods, surrounded in a shell (called a test) made of siliceous or organic scales. The test is pyriform in shape, and scales (when present) are long with the length perpendicular to the aperture.[2]
References
- ^ a b Tarnawski, Sonia-Estelle; Lara, Enrique (2015). "From Environmental Sequences to Morphology: Observation and Characterisation of a Paulinellid Testate Amoeba (Micropyxidiella edaphonis gen. nov. sp. nov. Euglyphida, Paulinellidae) from Soil using Fluorescent in situ Hybridization". Protist. 166 (2): 264–270. doi:10.1016/j.protis.2015.04.002. PMID 25935762.
- ^ a b Adl, S. M.; Simpson, A. G. B.; Lane, C. E.; Lukeš, J.; Bass, D.; Bowser, S. S.; et al. (December 2015). "The revised classification of eukaryotes". Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology. 59 (5): 429–493. doi:10.1111/j.1550-7408.2012.00644.x. PMC 3483872. PMID 23020233.