Hartmannellidae

Hartmannellidae
Hartmannella vermiformis
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Phylum: Amoebozoa
Class: Tubulinea
Order: Euamoebida
Family: Hartmannellidae
Volkonsky 1931
Genera
Synonyms
  • Hartmannellinae Volkonsky 1931
  • Copromyxaceae Olive & Stoianovitch 1975
  • Copromyxidae Olive & Stoianovitch 1975

The Hartmannellidae are a family of amoebozoa, usually found in soils. When active they tend to be roughly cylindrical in shape, with a single leading pseudopod and no subpseudopodia. This form somewhat resembles a slug and as such they are also called limax amoebae. Trees based on rRNA show the Hartmannellidae as usually defined are paraphyletic to the Amoebidae, which may adopt similar forms.