The Clastodermataceae are a
family
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of
slime mold
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s in the order
Echinosteliales
The Echinosteliales are an order of Amoebozoa in the class Myxomycetes. It contains two families, the Clastodermataceae and the Echinosteliaceae. Echinosteliales was circumscribed by George Willard Martin
George Willard Martin (October 27, 18 ...
. The family was
circumscribed
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Not every polyg ...
in 1971.
The family contains two genera, ''
Barbeyella'' and ''
Clastoderma'', that have a total of three species.
References
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Myxogastria
Amoebozoa families