Amoebidiidae
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Amoebidiidae is a family
or protist
s, previously thought to be zygomycete fungi belonging to the class Trichomycetes, but now considered to be members of the opisthokont
protist
group Mesomycetozoea
. The family was originally called Amoebidiaceae, and considered the sole family of the fungal order Amoebidiales.
It contains the genera Amoebidium and Paramoebidium.
Family (biology)
In biological classification, family is* a taxonomic rank. Other well-known ranks are life, domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order, genus, and species, with family fitting between order and genus. As for the other well-known ranks, there is the option of an immediately lower rank, indicated by the...
or protist
Protist
Protists are a diverse group of eukaryotic microorganisms. Historically, protists were treated as the kingdom Protista, which includes mostly unicellular organisms that do not fit into the other kingdoms, but this group is contested in modern taxonomy...
s, previously thought to be zygomycete fungi belonging to the class Trichomycetes, but now considered to be members of the opisthokont
Opisthokont
The opisthokonts or "Fungi/Metazoa group" are a broad group of eukaryotes, including both the animal and fungus kingdoms, together with the eukaryotic microorganisms that are sometimes grouped in the paraphyletic phylum Choanozoa...
protist
Protist
Protists are a diverse group of eukaryotic microorganisms. Historically, protists were treated as the kingdom Protista, which includes mostly unicellular organisms that do not fit into the other kingdoms, but this group is contested in modern taxonomy...
group Mesomycetozoea
Mesomycetozoea
The Mesomycetozoea are a small group of protists, mostly parasites of fish and other animals.-Significance:...
. The family was originally called Amoebidiaceae, and considered the sole family of the fungal order Amoebidiales.
It contains the genera Amoebidium and Paramoebidium.