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Conosa
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<p>Conosa is a grouping of <a href="/facts/Amoebozoa/6wBSrR9h">Amoebozoa</a>. It is subdivided into three groups: <a href="/facts/Archamoebae/Vv9YSzzt">Archamoeba</a>, <a href="/facts/Variosea/K2j4dSqQ">Variosea</a> and <a href="/facts/Mycetozoa/EgD4yUNs">Mycetozoa</a>. </p><p>In some classifications, the mycetozoan <a href="/facts/Myxogastria/PIRX1Cyu">Myxogastria</a> and <a href="/facts/Dictyostelia/CPHkVKP7">Dictyostelia</a> are united in <a href="/facts/Macromycetozoa/m0tPSew1">Macromycetozoa</a> (= Eumycetozoa). </p><p> Conosa includes the species <i><a href="/facts/Dictyostelium_discoideum/A3wL6lx6">Dictyostelium discoideum</a>,</i> a social amoeba, and <i><a href="/facts/Entamoeba_histolytica/lMPf2xDp">Entamoeba histolytica</a></i>, a human <a href="/facts/Pathogen/axMXtV1M">pathogen</a>, among others. </p><p>Conosa are <a href="/facts/Morphology_(biology)/Nl3B0myy">morphologically</a> defined by a conical microtubular structure, and have been found to be monophyletic. </p>