Here you find well known species where the position in the tree of life is uncertain or unknown. If you can help, we would love to be hearing from you!
Arachnula Cienkowski 1876 (incertae sedis)
Naked, phagotrophic amoeboid organisms; amoeboid, free-moving trophozoites alternating with a digestive cyst. Remarkably fast movement. Arachnula can be found in salt- and sweatwater as well as in soil.
Arachnula impatiens Cienkowski 1876
Actinocoma Penard 1903 (incertae sedis)
Star-shaped amoeba with a distinct nuclear structure.
Actinocoma ramosa Penard 1903
Artodiscus Penard 1890 (incertae sedis)
Spherical; outer mucilaginous envelope with minute mineral particles on top of a fine organic test. With multiple apertures for fine, sometimes branching, filopodia. Fast movement.
Artodiscus saltans Penard 1890
Biomyxa Leidy 1875 (incertae sedis)
Biomyxa vagans Leidy 1875
Biomyxa vagans 2 mm large cell from culture
Biomyxa vagans 60x time lapse video