Percolozoa - Terminology and Classification

Terminology and Classification

These are collectively referred to as schizopyrenids, amoeboflagellates, or vahlkampfids. They also include the acrasids, a group of social amoebae that aggregate to form sporangia. The entire group is usually called the Heterolobosea, but this may be restricted to members with amoeboid stages.

One Heterolobosea classification system is as follows:

• Order Schizopyrenida
  • Family Vahlkampfiidae
  • Family Gruberellidae
• Order Acrasida
  • Family Acrasidae

Pleurostomum flabellatum has recently been added to Heterolobosea.