Dracoamoeba
| Dracoamoeba | |
|---|---|
| Trophic cell | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Phylum: | Amoebozoa |
| Class: | Discosea |
| Order: | Centramoebida |
| Family: | Acanthamoebidae |
| Genus: | Dracoamoeba |
| Species: | D. jomungandri |
| Binomial name | |
| Dracoamoeba jomungandri Tice & Brown 2016 | |
Dracoamoeba is a free-living genus of discosean amoebae in the family Acanthamoebidae containing the sole species Dracoamoeba jomungandri, discovered in 2016 in moist muddy soil close to the ocean shore at Chincoteague, Virginia (United States).
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