Testate Amoeba Species Index
Formally described species and varieties drawn from the indexed literature
for taxonomy and identification, see Microworld
106
Genera
357
Species
129
Varieties
Actinolophus (1)
Alabasta (3)
Amphitrema (4)
Amphizonella (3)
Arcella (29)
- Arcella arenaria Greeff, 1866
- Arcella bathystoma (Deflandre, 1928) var. magna van Oye, 1933
- Arcella catinus var. australis Playfair, 1918
- Arcella costata var. angulosa (Perty, 1852) Playfair, 1918
- Arcella costata var. conica Playfair, 1918
- Arcella crenata Playfair, 1918
- Arcella curvata Wailes, 1913
- Arcella discoides var. foveosa Playfair, 1918
- Arcella discoides var. scutelliformis Playfair, 1918
- Arcella euryhalina Useros et al., 2023
- Arcella guadarramensis González-Miguéns & Lara, 2021
- Arcella hemisphaerica var. depressa Playfair, 1918
- Arcella megastoma Penard, 1913
- Arcella mitrata var. angulata Playfair, 1918
- Arcella mitrata var. bathystomoidea Štěpánek, 1967
- Arcella mitrata var. depressa Playfair, 1918
- Arcella ovaliformis Chardez & Beyens, 1987
- Arcella papyracea Playfair, 1914
- Arcella peruviana Reczuga, Swindles, Grewling & Lamentowicz, 2015
- Arcella prismatica Taylor, Strüder-Kypke & Siemensma, 2024
- Arcella rotundata Playfair, 1918
- Arcella salobris Useros et al., 2023
- Arcella stouti Štěpánek, 1967
- Arcella uspiensis Ribeiro et al., 2023
- Arcella vulgaris var. depressa Van Oye, 1958
Armatura (1)
Assulina (3)
Awerintzewia (1)
Bullinula (1)
Bullinularia (3)
Cangwuella (1)
Capsellina (1)
Centropyxis (53)
- Centropyxis aculeata var. caudata Décloitre, 1966
- Centropyxis aculeata var. dentistoma Decloitre, 1978
- Centropyxis aculeata var. lata Decloitre, 1978
- Centropyxis aerophila var. deflandrei Decloitre, 1978
- Centropyxis aerophila var. microstoma Decloitre, 1978
- Centropyxis aerophila var. quadrangularis Decloitre, 1978
- Centropyxis bacillifera Decloitre, 1955
- Centropyxis bipilata Baković et al., 2019
- Centropyxis blatta Ribeiro & Lara, 2023
- Centropyxis cassis grandis Wang, 1977
- Centropyxis cassis var. minima Van Oye, 1958
- Centropyxis cavitastoma Bobrov, 2020
- Centropyxis constricta var. gigas Decloitre, 1978
- Centropyxis constricta var. pyriformis Štěpánek, 1967
- Centropyxis cornuta Decloitre, 1978
- Centropyxis deflandrei Decloitre, 1955
- Centropyxis dentata Siemensma et al., 2024
- Centropyxis discoides var. nodosa Štěpánek, 1967
- Centropyxis distoma Decloitre, 1982
- Centropyxis ecornis var. bracata Štěpánek, 1967
- Centropyxis ecornis var. tuberculata Décloitre, 1966
- Centropyxis gasparella Chardez & Beyens, 1988
- Centropyxis gibba var. unicornis Decloitre, 1978
- Centropyxis halophila var. gigas Decloitre, 1979
- Centropyxis incondita Decloitre, 1979
- Centropyxis irregularis Decloitre, 1979
- Centropyxis kolkwitzi van Oye, 1949
- Centropyxis kolwitzi var. grandis Chardez, 1958
- Centropyxis laevigata var. alta Decloitre, 1955
- Centropyxis longispina Decloitre, 1979
- Centropyxis marsupiformis var. ecornis van Oye, 1949
- Centropyxis minor Decloitre, 1979
- Centropyxis minuta var. microstoma Decloitre, 1979
- Centropyxis nauwercki Schönborn, 1975
- Centropyxis orbicularis var. minor Decloitre, 1979
- Centropyxis ovoidea Decloitre, 1979
- Centropyxis pannosa Decloitre, 1979
- Centropyxis parapatula Decloitre, 1979
- Centropyxis patula Štěpánek, 1967
- Centropyxis plana Decloitre, 1979
- Centropyxis platystoma var. africana Decloitre, 1979
- Centropyxis pseudoaerophila Decloitre, 1979
- Centropyxis pseudoecornis Decloitre, 1979
- Centropyxis pyriformis Van Oye, 1958
- Centropyxis serrahni Schönborn, 1964
- Centropyxis sexilatera Decloitre, 1979
- Centropyxis sol Decloitre, 1979
- Centropyxis stellata Wailes, 1927
- Centropyxis triangularis Decloitre, 1979
- Centropyxis tuberculata Decloitre, 1979
- Centropyxis tuxeni Decloitre, 1979
- Centropyxis villiersi Decloitre, 1979
Certesella (1)
Clypeolina (1)
Cochliopodium (5)
Cornutheca (1)
Corythion (4)
Corythionella (1)
Cryptodifflugia (15)
- Cryptodifflugia angulata Playfair, 1918
- Cryptodifflugia angustastoma Beyens & Chardez, 1982
- Cryptodifflugia collum (Chardez, 1971) Bobrov & Mazei, 2017
- Cryptodifflugia compressa var. australis Playfair, 1918
- Cryptodifflugia compressa var. ovata Playfair, 1918
- Cryptodifflugia crenulata Playfair, 1918
- Cryptodifflugia minuta (Playfair, 1917) Bobrov & Mazei, 2017
- Cryptodifflugia minuta Playfair, 1918
- Cryptodifflugia operculata Page, 1966
- Cryptodifflugia patinata (Schönborn, 1965) Bobrov & Mazei, 2017
- Cryptodifflugia psammophila (Golemansky, 1970) Bobrov & Mazei, 2017
- Cryptodifflugia pusilla Playfair, 1918
- Cryptodifflugia valida Playfair, 1918
Cucurbitella (2)
Cyclopyxis (5)
Cylindrifflugia (7)
- Cylindrifflugia acuminata (Ehrenberg, 1838) Gonzalez-Miguéns et al., 2022
- Cylindrifflugia bacillariarum (Perty, 1849) Gonzalez-Miguéns et al., 2022
- Cylindrifflugia elegans (Penard, 1890) Gonzalez-Miguéns et al., 2022
- Cylindrifflugia hiraethogii (Ogden, 1983) Gonzalez-Miguéns et al., 2022
- Cylindrifflugia lanceolata (Penard, 1890) Gonzalez-Miguéns et al., 2022
- Cylindrifflugia luciferina Mauricio-Sánchez, Soler-Zamora & Lara, 2025
- Cylindrifflugia periurbana González-Miguéns et al., 2023
Cyphoderia (8)
Cyphoderiopsis (1)
Deharvengia (1)
Diaphoropodon (1)
Difflugia (74)
- Difflugia acuminata var. bacillifera Playfair, 1914
- Difflugia acuminata var. elegans (Penard, 1890) West, 1901
- Difflugia acuminata var. inflata Penard, 1899
- Difflugia acuminata var. levanderii Playfair, 1914
- Difflugia alekperovi Snegovaya & Tahirova, 2015
- Difflugia alhadiqa Soler-Zamora, González-Miguéns & Lara, 2021
- Difflugia ampullula Playfair, 1918
- Difflugia bacillariarum var. australis Playfair, 1918
- Difflugia biconcava Ertl, 1965
- Difflugia bipes Carter, 1870
- Difflugia bombayensis Carter, 1864
- Difflugia brychtai Štěpánek, 1967
- Difflugia capreolata bomiensis Wang, 1977
- Difflugia carinata Van Oye, 1956
- Difflugia casinoensis Playfair, 1914
- Difflugia compressa Carter, 1864
- Difflugia constricta var. spinifera Playfair, 1918
- Difflugia corona var. foleyana Playfair, 1918
- Difflugia curvicaulis Penard, 1899
- Difflugia elegans var. minor Štěpánek, 1967
- Difflugia elegans var. teres Penard, 1899
- Difflugia elliptica Carter, 1864
- Difflugia fusiforma Siemensma et al., 2024
- Difflugia geosphaira Ogden, 1991
- Difflugia gibberosa Playfair, 1918
- Difflugia girkanica Snegovaya & Alekperov, 2010
- Difflugia globulus var. cashii Playfair, 1918
- Difflugia hanaki Štěpánek, 1967
- Difflugia helvetica var. lithophila (Penard, 1902) Playfair, 1918
- Difflugia histrio Penard, 1908
- Difflugia imanata var. minor Štěpánek, 1967
- Difflugia lebes Penard, 1899
- Difflugia lenkoranica Snegovaya & Alekperov, 2010
- Difflugia levanderi Playfair, 1918
- Difflugia lismorensis Playfair, 1918
- Difflugia lithoplites var. pulcherrima Playfair, 1918
- Difflugia lobostoma var. globulus Playfair, 1918
- Difflugia lobostoma var. truncata Playfair, 1918
- Difflugia masaruzii Van Oye, 1958
- Difflugia mitrata Playfair, 1918
- Difflugia mulanensis Yang, Meisterfeld, Zhang & Shen, 2005
- Difflugia oblonga var. crassa (Cash, 1909) Chardez, 1964
- Difflugia oblonga heali Štěpánek, 1963
- Difflugia oblonga rocki Štěpánek, 1963
- Difflugia olliformis Lagerheim, 1901
- Difflugia ovalisina Beyens & Chardez, 1994
- Difflugia oviformis var. mollis Playfair, 1918
- Difflugia oviformis var. subglobosa Playfair, 1918
- Difflugia peltigeracea Carter, 1864
- Difflugia pisciformis Snegovaya & Alekperov, 2010
- Difflugia pressula Snegovaya & Alekperov, 2010
- Difflugia pseudoclaviformis Snegovaya & Alekperov, 2010
- Difflugia pseudolimnetica Ogden & Meisterfeld, 1989
- Difflugia pulex var. cuneata Playfair, 1918
- Difflugia quangtrani Tran et al., 2022
- Difflugia richmondiae Playfair, 1914
- Difflugia romanovskyi Štěpánek, 1967
- Difflugia rubescens Penard, 1891
- Difflugia sapnakeranica Snegovaya & Alekperov, 2010
- Difflugia scalpellum Penard, 1899
- Difflugia sladeceki Štěpánek, 1967
- Difflugia talyshica Snegovaya & Alekperov, 2010
- Difflugia tuberculata var. coronata Playfair, 1918
- Difflugia tuberculata var. nodosa Playfair, 1918
- Difflugia tuberculata var. sphaerica Playfair, 1918
- Difflugia urceolata Carter, 1864
- Difflugia vietnamica Tran & Mazei, 2018
- Difflugia wailesi Ogden, 1980
Difflugiella (2)
Erugomicula (1)
Euglypha (30)
- Euglypha acanthophora var. deflandrei Decloitre, 1955
- Euglypha acanthophora var. elliptica Playfair, 1918
- Euglypha acanthophora var. gracillima Playfair, 1918
- Euglypha alveolata var. hamulifera Playfair, 1914
- Euglypha alveolata var. laevis (Perty) Playfair, 1914
- Euglypha anodonta var. magna Schönborn, 1964
- Euglypha aspera Penard, 1899
- Euglypha australica Playfair, 1918
- Euglypha bryophila Brown, 1911
- Euglypha compressa Carter, 1864
- Euglypha cristata var. lanceolata Playfair, 1918
- Euglypha curvata Van Oye, 1958
- Euglypha dentata var. elongata Playfair, 1918
- Euglypha dentata var. hamulifera (Playfair, 1913) Playfair, 1918
- Euglypha filifera var. cuneata Playfair, 1918
- Euglypha filifera var. cylindracea Playfair, 1918
- Euglypha filifera var. elegans Playfair, 1918
- Euglypha filifera var. magna Van Oye, 1958
- Euglypha filifera var. pyriformis Wailes, 1913
- Euglypha globosa Carter, 1865
- Euglypha laevis var. lanceolata Playfair, 1918
- Euglypha lens Penard, 1899
- Euglypha marginata Van Oye, 1958
- Euglypha rotunda var. elongata Decloitre, 1982
- Euglypha spinosa Carter, 1865
- Euglypha symoensi Van Oye, 1958
- Euglypha tuberculata var. subcylindrica Decloitre, 1955
Euglyphella (3)
Frenopyxis (1)
Frenzelina (1)
Galeripora (14)
- Galeripora arenaria (Greef, 1866) González-Miguéns et al., 2021
- Galeripora artocrea (Leidy, 1876) González-Miguéns et al., 2021
- Galeripora balari González-Miguéns & Lara, 2021
- Galeripora bathystoma (Deflandre, 1928) González-Miguéns et al., 2021
- Galeripora bufonipellita González-Miguéns & Lara, 2021
- Galeripora catinus (Penard, 1890) González-Miguéns et al., 2021
- Galeripora discoides (Ehrenberg, 1843) González-Miguéns et al., 2021
- Galeripora galeriformis González-Miguéns et al., 2021
- Galeripora halaurula Useros et al., 2023
- Galeripora marichusae Useros et al., 2023
- Galeripora naiadis González-Miguéns et al., 2021
- Galeripora polypora (Penard, 1890) González-Miguéns et al., 2021
- Galeripora sitiens González-Miguéns et al., 2021
- Galeripora succelli González-Miguéns & Lara, 2021
Gibbocarina (2)
Heleopera (7)
Hemiarcherella (1)
Hyalosphaenia (3)
Hyalosphenia (7)
Ichthyosquama (5)
Jungia (3)
Lagenodifflugia (4)
Leptochlamys (1)
Leptocystis (1)
Lesquereusia (4)
Lithocolla (1)
Longinebela (1)
Matsakision (1)
Meisterfeldia (6)
Micramphora (1)
Microchlamys (1)
Microgromia (1)
Micropyxidiella (1)
Nadinella (1)
Nebela (25)
- Nebela aliciae Mitchell & Lara, 2013
- Nebela americana (Taranek, 1882) var. bryophila van Oye, 1933
- Nebela carinatella Beyens & Chardez, 1982
- Nebela columbiana Wailes, 1925
- Nebela deflandrei Decloitre, 1955
- Nebela dentistoma var. hesperia Wailes, 1913
- Nebela dentistoma var. lageniformis Playfair, 1918
- Nebela gimlii Singer & Lara, 2015
- Nebela guttata Kosakyan & Lara, 2013
- Nebela jiuhuensis Qin, Mitchell & Lara, 2016
- Nebela lageniformis var. cordiformis Heinis, 1914
- Nebela meisterfeldi Heger & Mitchell, 2012
- Nebela murrayi Wailes, 1913
- Nebela pechorensis Kosakyan & Mitchell, 2013
- Nebela rotunda Penard, 1890
- Nebela saccifera Wailes, 1913
- Nebela scotica Brown, 1911
- Nebela semimarginata van Oye, 1949
- Nebela sphagnophila (Steinecke, 1913) van Oye, 1933
- Nebela spicata Wailes, 1913
- Nebela subsphaerica Van Oye, 1956
- Nebela tuberculata (Wallich, 1864) Owen & Jones, 1976
- Nebela tubulata Brown, 1910
- Nebela vitraea Penard, 1899
- Nebela wailesi var. magna Van Oye, 1956
Netzelia (2)
Oleiformis (2)
Oopyxis (1)
Ovulina (1)
Padaungiella (5)
- Padaungiella lageniformis (Penard, 1890) Lara & Todorov, 2012
- Padaungiella nebeloides (Gauthier-Lièvre & Thomas, 1958) Lara & Todorov, 2012
- Padaungiella tubulata (Brown, 1911) Lara & Todorov, 2012
- Padaungiella wailesi (Deflandre, 1936) Lara & Todorov, 2012
- Padaungiella wetekampi (Jung, 1942) Lara & Todorov, 2012
Parmulina (1)
Paulinella (8)
- Paulinella agassizi Nicholls, 2009
- Paulinella carsoni Nicholls, 2009
- Paulinella gigantica Nicholls, 2009
- Paulinella lauterborni Nicholls, 2009
- Paulinella longichromatophora Kim & Park, 2016
- Paulinella multipora Nicholls, 2009
- Paulinella ovalis (Wulff, 1919) Johnson et al., 1988
- Paulinella suzukii Nicholls, 2009
Penardeugenia (2)
Pentagonia (2)
Phaeobola (1)
Phryganella (2)
Placocysta (2)
Plagiophrys (1)
Plagiopyxis (3)
Planhoogenraadia (2)
Planocarina (1)
Platoum (1)
Pleurophrys (4)
Porosia (1)
Proplagiopyxis (1)
Propsammonobiotus (1)
Psammonobiotus (1)
Pseudawerintzewia (1)
Pseudodifflugia (10)
- Pseudodifflugia delamarei Coûteaux & Golemansky, 1984
- Pseudodifflugia globulosa Štěpánek, 1967
- Pseudodifflugia heinisi Štěpánek, 1967
- Pseudodifflugia magna Snegovaya & Alekperov, 2010
- Pseudodifflugia microstoma Playfair, 1918
- Pseudodifflugia moderi Couteaux, 1972
- Pseudodifflugia orchas Štěpánek, 1967
- Pseudodifflugia senartensis Couteaux, 1972
- Pseudodifflugia siemensmai Zagumyonnaya, Zagumyonnyi & Tikhonenkov, 2025
Pseudohyalosphaenia (1)
Pseudonebela (1)
Puytoracia (1)
Quadrulella (9)
- Quadrulella acuminata Van Oye, 1958
- Quadrulella deflandrei Bankov et al., 2021
- Quadrulella lageniformis van Oye, 1949
- Quadrulella longicollis (Taranek, 1882)
- Quadrulella madibai Kosakyan et al., 2016
- Quadrulella symmetrica var. kivuensis Van Oye, 1958
- Quadrulella talukensis Bindu, 2023
- Quadrulella texcalense Pérez-Juárez, Serrano-Vázquez & Lara, 2017
- Quadrulella variabilis Kosakyan et al., 2016
Rhizaspis (2)
Rhogostoma (2)
Rhynchogromia (1)
Schoenbornia (1)
Sphenoderia (10)
- Sphenoderia australis Playfair, 1918
- Sphenoderia fissirostris var. splendida Playfair, 1918
- Sphenoderia foveosa Playfair, 1918
- Sphenoderia pseudominuta Chatelain, Meisterfeld, Roussel-Delif & Lara, 2013
- Sphenoderia pulchella West, 1903
- Sphenoderia quadritesta Štěpánek, 1967
- Sphenoderia sphaerica Playfair, 1918
- Sphenoderia truncata van Oye, 1949
- Sphenoderia valdiviana Chatelain, Meisterfeld, Roussel-Delif & Lara, 2013
Spumochlamys (3)
Sudzukiella (1)
Suiadifflugia (1)
Trigonopyxis (2)
Trinema (16)
- Trinema caudatum Playfair, 1918
- Trinema chardezi Chardez, 1981
- Trinema complanatum var. gigantea Decloitre, 1982
- Trinema complanatum var. globulosa Chardez, 1959
- Trinema complanatum var. platystoma Schönborn, 1964
- Trinema complanatum var. punctata Decloitre, 1982
- Trinema enchelys var. caelolata Štěpánek, 1967
- Trinema enchelys var. nasturticola Décloitre, 1962
- Trinema lenticularis Siemensma & Łuców, 2025
- Trinema lineare var. globulosa Štěpánek, 1967
- Trinema lineare var. pellucida Štěpánek, 1967
- Trinema lineare var. terricola Decloitre, 1962
- Trinema parmularius Łuców & Siemensma, 2025
- Trinema scutarius Siemensma & Łuców, 2025
- Trinema staryi Balík, 1995
- Trinema taraneki Štěpánek, 1967