Vacuolamoeba
| Vacuolamoeba | |
|---|---|
| Trophic cells and cyst (upper right corner) | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Phylum: | Amoebozoa |
| Class: | Discosea |
| Order: | Centramoebida |
| Family: | Acanthamoebidae |
| Genus: | Vacuolamoeba Tice, Geisen & Brown (2016) |
| Species: | V. acanthoformis |
| Binomial name | |
| Vacuolamoeba acanthoformis Tice, Geisen & Brown (2016) | |
Vacuolamoeba is a monotypic genus of free-living discosean amoebae in the family Acanthamoebidae containing the sole species Vacuolamoeba acanthoformis, discovered, in 2016, at high-altitude soil in Tibet.