Alabasta
| Alabasta | |
|---|---|
| A. militaris | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Phylum: | Amoebozoa |
| Class: | Tubulinea |
| Order: | Arcellinida |
| Family: | Hyalospheniidae |
| Genus: | Alabasta Duckert, Blandenier, Kosakyan & Singer 2018 |
| Type species | |
| Alabasta militaris (Penard 1890) Duckert, Blandenier, Kosakyan & Singer 2018 | |
| Species | |
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Alabasta (from Greek αλάβαστρος (alábastros) 'alabaster') is a genus of arcellinid testate amoebae belonging to the family Hyalospheniidae. It contains species with an elongated test and a strongly curved "pseudostome" (the test opening) with a flare and a notch in narrow view. These species previously belonged to the genus Nebela, but were later found to be a distinct monophyletic group different from Nebela. It is the sister group to Planocarina.