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Infraphylum Archamoebae
Distinguished by the absence of mitochondria
(amitochondriate).
Mostly due to parasitism or their life in toxic
o environments.
o Class Discosea
Flattened pseudopodia, never producing
tubular, subcylindrical pseudopodia or
never both pointed & branched.
Locomotive from semicircular or fan-
shaped
Clear layer called hyaloplasm along front
margin
Pelomyxa
Vannella simplex
Multiple nuclei (two to several thousand)
With endosymbiotic bacteria
Entamoeba coli
Gut parasites which is the causative agent of Physarum (plasmodial slime mold)
amebic dysentery With large reticulate plasmodia spores very dark.
Infraphylum Mycetozoa
The group of the “slime molds”
Characterized by the ability to form “fruiting
bodies”
Kinds: plasmodial & cellular