Lobosa
| Lobosa | |
|---|---|
| Amoeba proteus (Tubulinea) | |
| Scientific classification (disputed) | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Phylum: | Amoebozoa |
| Subphylum: | Lobosa Carpenter, 1861, em. Cavalier-Smith, 2009 |
| Groups included | |
| Cladistically included but traditionally excluded taxa | |
Lobosa is a taxonomic group of amoebae in the phylum Amoebozoa. Most lobosans possess broad, bluntly rounded pseudopods, although one genus in the group, the recently discovered Sapocribrum, has slender and threadlike (filose) pseudopodia. In current classification schemes, Lobosa is a subphylum, composed mainly of amoebae that have lobose pseudopods but lack cilia or flagella.