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This list does not include all amoeba species, but does have a fair few. The information in the 'Type' section is a summery of what is written in Types of Amoeba. If an amoeba has any traits unusual for its type, or is missing traits usual for its type, this will be described in the 'General features' section.
Amoeba carolinensis See Chaos carolinensis
Amoeba castellanii
Type: Naked; Parasitic.
General features: This parasitic amoeba has a choice. If it needs to, it can survive without a host.
Amoeba diffluens See Amoeba proteus
Alternative names: Metachaos discoides
Type: Naked; Freshwater.
Habitat: Freshwater; Shallow, clear water, that is not in direct sunlight, and is slow moving.
Amoeba dubia See Polychaos dubia
Amoeba hydroxena See Hydramoeba hydroxena
Amoeba nitida
*no entry*
Amoeba nucleolus See Thecamoeba sphaeronucleolus
Alternative names: A. diffluens, Chaos diffluens
Type: Naked; Freshwater.
General features: A. proteus is a popular choice for experimenting on.
Habitat: Freshwater; Shallow, clear water, that is not in direct sunlight, and is slow moving.
Diet: Carnivorous, sometimes scavenges.
Preferred food: Tetrehymena pyriformis
Symbionts: Possibly has viral symbionts.
Amoeba sphaeronucleosus See Thecamoeba sphaeronucleolus
Amoeba villosa See Trichamoeba villosa
Alternative names: Amoeba carolinensis, Pelomyxa carolinensis, Chaos chaos
Type: Naked; Freshwater.
Habitat: Freshwater; still swampy/marshy water.
Diet: Carnivorous, sometimes scavenges.
Preferred food: Paramecium caudatum
Chaos chaos See Chaos carolinensis
Chaos diffluens See Amoeba proteus
Alternative names: Pelomyxa illinoisensis
Type: Naked; Freshwater.
Habitat: Natural: Backwaters. Humanmade: Water on stripmined areas.
Diet: Carnivorous, sometimes scavenges.
Preferred food: None.
Chaos nobilis
*no entry*
Dinoamoeba mirabilis
*no entry*
Entamoeba histolytica
Type: Naked; Parasitic.
General features: E. histolytica often causes no problems to the hosts. Sometimes it causes a type of dysentery.
Habitat: Digestive tract of primates and rats.
*no entry*
Hydramoeba rhysodes
*no entry*
Mayorella bigemma
*no entry*
Mayorella gemmifera
*no entry*
Mayorella vespertilo
*no entry*
Metachaos discoides See Amoeba discoides
Pelomyxa carolinensis See Chaos carolinensis
Pelomyxa illinoisensis See Chaos illinoisensis
Alternative names: Pelomyxa villosa
Type: Freshwater.
General features: Has no contractile vacuole. The cytoplasm is full of many tiny grains.
Habitat: North America and Europe.
Pelomyxa villosa See Pelomyxa palustris
*no entry*
Polychaos nitidubia
*no entry*
Saccamoeba lucens
General features: This amoeba contains unusually shaped urea crystals. They are large and cuboid.
*no entry*
Trichamoeba myakka
General features: Most amoeba have small granules in their cytoplasm. This amoeba does not.
Trichamoeba schaefferi
*no entry*
Trichamoeba osseosaccus
*no entry*
*no entry*
Vennella mira
Type: Naked; Freshwater/Marine.
General features: Vennella mira has no contractile vacuole when living in salt water, but when in brackish or fresh water, it does develop one.
Habitat: Freshwater or saltwater.
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