Porosia
| Porosia | |
|---|---|
| P. paracarinata SEM image. Scale bar 50 μm | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Phylum: | Amoebozoa |
| Class: | Tubulinea |
| Order: | Arcellinida |
| Family: | Hyalospheniidae |
| Genus: | Porosia Jung 1942 sensu Bobrov & Kosakyan |
| Type species | |
| Porosia bigibbosa (Penard 1890) Jung 1942 | |
| Species | |
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Porosia is a genus of arcellinid testate amoebae belonging to the family Hyalospheniidae. Described in 1942, it used to be a monotypic genus with the sole species P. bigibbosa. However a second species, P. paracarinata, was discovered in 2015.