''Gephyramoeba'' is a genus of
heterotrophic
A heterotroph (; ) is an organism that cannot produce its own food, instead taking nutrition from other sources of organic carbon, mainly plant or animal matter. In the food chain, heterotrophs are primary, secondary and tertiary consumers, but ...
amoebae, morphologically similar to genera ''
Rhizamoeba'' and ''
Leptomyxa'', although it is not
genetically
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related to either of these genera.
It has been suggested that "Gephyramoeba sp." ATCC 50654 is not truly ''Gephyramoeba''.
References
External links
''Gephyramoeba'' on PubMed
Amoebozoa genera
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