Lepsi 1960, emend. Smirnov et al. 2011
Naked with subcylindrical pseudopodia in locomotion (or the entire cell is monopodial and subcylindrical); without alteration of the locomotive form to a flattened expanded and branched one; without adhesive uroid; glycocalyx amorphous, filamentous or consisting of prismatic, cup-shaped structures.
Bory de St. Vincent 1822
Amoeba proteus
Amoeba proteus
Amoeba proteus with zoochlorella
Amoeba proteus with zoochlorella
nuclei
Schaeffer 1924
Amoeba proteus
Polychaos with fungal parasite