a social amoeba, and Entamoeba histolytica, a human pathogen, among others.

Conosa are morphologically defined by a conical microtubular structure, and have been found to be monophyletic.

Characteristics

The Conosa group was first proposed by Thomas Cavalier-Smith in 1998 as a subphylum of Amoebozoa. Cavalier-Smith originally separated this group into two

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