The supergroup of Amoebozoa consists of eukaryote organisms that have no fixed shape, and can also change their shape constantly. Amoeba are unicellular, but not always small. Some slime molds, also members of the Amoebozoa group, can grow larger than your hand.
The supergroup of Amoebozoa consists of eukaryote organisms that have no fixed shape, and can also change their shape constantly. Amoeba are unicellular, but not always small. Some slime molds, also members of the Amoebozoa group, can grow larger than your hand.
Pseudopods
Amoeba move by making pseudopods: bulges of the cell membrane. By filling one pseudopod more and more with cytoplasm, it grows. Ultimately the amoeba cell moves in that direction by scooching up bit by bit. Amoebas also use the pseudopods to capture food. They approach organic waste or an organism with a pseudopod. Then the pseudopod encloses this particle and consumes it through a process called phagocytosis.