Overview
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A Family in the Kingdom Protozoa.
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Taxonomy
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The Family Stemonitidaceae is further organized into finer groupings including:
- Genus (24): Amaurochaete · Ancyrophorus · Brefeldia · Clathroidastrum · Collaria · Colloderma · Comatricha · Diachaeella · Diachea · Diacheopsis · Elaeomyxa · Enerthenema · Lachnobolus · Lamproderma · Macbrideola · Matruchotia · Matruchotiella · Paradiachea · Paradiacheopsis · Schenella · Stemonaria · Stemonitis · Stemonitopsis · Symphytocarpus
- Species: ZipcodeZoo has pages for 454 species and subspecies in the Family Stemonitidaceae.
Genera
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Amaurochaete
Ancyrophorus
Brefeldia
Clathroidastrum
Collaria
Colloderma
Comatricha
Diachaeella
Diachea
Diacheopsis
Elaeomyxa
Enerthenema
Lachnobolus
Lamproderma
Macbrideola
Matruchotia
Matruchotiella
Paradiachea
Paradiacheopsis
Schenella
Stemonaria
Stemonitis
Stemonitis is a distinctive of slime moulds found throughout the world (except Antarctica). They are characterised by the tall brown sporangia, supported on slender stalks, which grow in clusters on rotting wood. Identification within the genus is difficult, and can only be performed with confidence using a microscope. [more]
Stemonitopsis
Symphytocarpus
At least 10 species and subspecies belong to the Genus Symphytocarpus.
More info about the Genus Symphytocarpus may be found here.
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