•Domain: Eukaryota
•Phylum: Amoebozoa
•Subphylum: Conosa
•Class: Archamoebae
•Order: Pelobiontida
•Family: Pelomyxidae
•Genus: Pelomyxa
•Species: Pelomyxa binucleata, Pelomyxa Corona, Pelomyxa flava, Pelomyxa gruberi, Pelomyxa palustris, Pelomyxa prima, and Pelomyxa stagnalis
Genus: Pelomyxa
Specific epithet: palustris = “swampy” or “marshy”
(Chaos (Pelomyxa) carolinensis, 2007)