Apodera

Apodera
Apodera vas
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Phylum: Amoebozoa
Class: Tubulinea
Order: Arcellinida
Family: Hyalospheniidae
Genus: Apodera
Loeblich & Tappan, 1961
Type species
Apodera vas
(Certes 1889) Loeblich & Tappan 1961
Species
  • A. angatakere
  • A. crenata
  • A. vas
  • A. wellingtonia

Apodera is a genus of amoeboid protists belonging to the family Hyalospheniidae, a group of shelled amoebae. Their shells, or tests, are lageniform with a clear constriction that separates the neck from the body.