Bodonida
Bodonida | |
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Bodo saltans | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Phylum: | Euglenozoa |
Class: | Kinetoplastea |
Subclass: | Metakinetoplastina |
Order: | Bodonida Hollande, 1952[1] |
Suborders[2] | |
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Bodonida is an order of kinetoplastid flagellate excavates. It contains the genera Bodo and Rhynchomonas, relatives to the parasitic trypanosomes. This order also contains the colonial genus Cephalothamnium.
Taxonomy
Bodonida contains the following suborders and families:[2]
- Eubodonina
- Neobodonina
- Bodonidae Bütschli, 1887
- Neobodonidae
- Rhynchomonadidae
- Parabodonina
- Cryptobiidae Vickerman
- Parabodonidae Cavalier-Smith
References
- ↑ Hollande, A. (1952). Ordre des Bodonides (Bodonidea ord. nov.). In Traité de Zoologie, pp. 669–693. Edited by P. P. Grassé. Paris: Masson & Cie.
- 1 2 Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 2018. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. http://www.algaebase.org/browse/taxonomy/?id=141999 ; searched on 25 April 2018.
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