The Clastodermataceae are a
family
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of
slime molds 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
The Clastodermataceae are a family of slime molds in the order Echinosteliales. The family was circumscribed
In geometry, the circumscribed circle or circumcircle of a polygon is a circle that passes through all the vertices of the polygon. ...
'', that have a total of three species.
References
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Myxogastria
Amoebozoa families