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An
amoeba with a tongue shaped pseudopod that gives this genus. Lingulamoeba SSUrDNA
sequence analysis shows that the genus Lingulamoeba is related
to Vannella (Sogin
et al, 1996;
Peglar et al, 2003)
and so is placed in the family Vannellidae.
An E.M. study of Lingulamoeba leei (Peglar
et al, 2003)
found no glycostyles but a glycocalyx
organised as a uniform layer of about 50 nm in thickness. The same study
found evidence of a trichocyst-like inclusion.
 Lingulamoeba
at the Protist Information Server
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| References:-
Page, F.C. (1988)
Peglar, M. T., Amaral Zettler, L. A.,
Anderson, O. R., Nerad, T. A., Gillevet, P. M., Mullen, T. E., Frasca Jr,
S., Silverman, J. D., O'Kelly, C. J. & Sogin, M. L. (2003) Two new
small-subunit ribosomal RNA gene lineages within the subclass
Gymnamoebia. J.Eukaryot.Microbiol. 50, 224-232.
Sogin, M. L., Silberman, J.D, Hinkle, G. &
Morrison, H.G. (1996). "Problems with molecular diversity in the
eukarya.".Society of General Microbiology Symposium: Evolution of
microbial Life ed.Roberts, D.M., Sharp, P., Alderson, G. & Collins,
M.A. Cambridge University Press. pp167-184.
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