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Conopodina unifies amoebae
capable to produce dactylopodia and comprises some but
not all of the genera included in a suborder Conopodina sensu
Bovee (1985), i.e. the genera Vexillifera,
Neoparamoeba (family Vexilliferidae), and Korotnevella
(family Paramoebidae). The existence of this clade was first
shown by Peglar et al. (2003).
The synapomorphic character of
the clade is the ability to form finger-shaped, hyaline
subpseudopodia, resembling the dactylopodia of
Korotnevella. Neoparamoeba often forms just short
hyaline projections instead of dactylopodia, while
Vexillifera has long, thin, sometimes even tapering
subpseudopodia.
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