Source: /cirosantilli/amoeba
= Amoeba
{tag=Paraphyletic subgroup}
{wiki}
This group is a mess.
But one thing you should really know, as often mentioned in <Power, Sex, Suicide by Nick Lane (2006)>: they are all <eukaryotes>.
Because <prokaryotes> are fundamentally unable to do \x[phagocytosis]{magic}, because they have a rigid <cell wall>. Changing cell shape at will requires a <cytoskeleton>.