Chaos is a genus of single-celled amoeboid organisms in the family Amoebidae. The largest and most-known species, the so-called "giant amoeba" (Chaos carolinensis), can reach lengths up to 5 mm, although most specimens fall between 1 and 3 mm. [3][4][5]

Pelomyxa is a genus of giant flagellar amoebae, usually 500–800 μm but occasionally up to 5 mm in length, found in anaerobic or microaerobic bottom sediments of stagnant freshwater ponds or slow-moving streams.

Oct 26, 2011 · Huge "ameobas" have been spotted in the Mariana Trench, the deepest part of the world's oceans. The giants of the deep are so-called xenophyophores, sponge-like animals that—like amoebas—are made...

Sep 5, 2019 · The largest species in the family Amoebidae, this organism is often simply called the “giant amoeba” after multiple decades of naming controversy. German naturalist Rösel von Rosenhof originally nicknamed the organism “der kleine Proteus”, and its scientific classification names were also used to describe similar organisms.

Xenophyophores are multinucleate unicellular organisms found on the ocean floor throughout the world's oceans, at depths of 500 to 10,600 metres (1,600 to 34,800 ft). [3][4] They are a kind of foraminiferan that extract minerals from their surroundings and use them to form an exoskeleton known as a test.

The largest and best-known species, the so-called "giant amoeba" Chaos carolinensis, can reach lengths of 5 mm, although most specimens fall between 1 and 3 mm. Members of the genus closely resemble those of genus Amoeba and share the same general morphology, producing numerous cylindrical pseudopods , each of which is rounded at the tip. [6]

Oct 21, 2011 · Giant amoebas and the deepest living jellyfish yet found were discovered in a deep sea mission to the Mariana Trench, the deepest spot on Earth.

Chaos is a genus of single-celled amoeboid organisms in the family Amoebidae. The largest and most-known species, the so-called "giant amoeba", can reach length...

Oct 21, 2022 · The Syringammina fragilissima is an amoeba that can reach sizes of 8 inches in diameter. That’s a massive single celled organism! This particular largest single cell organism is interesting in that it uses creates a shell called a test using …

Oct 26, 2011 · Scientists at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography have found giant amoebas 6.6 miles below the surface of the ocean, in the Mariana Trench to be exact. To put that in perspective: These...