Bodonida
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.
| Bodonida | |
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| Bodo saltans | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Phylum: | Euglenozoa |
| Class: | Kinetoplastea |
| Subclass: | Metakinetoplastina |
| Order: | Bodonida Hollande, 1952[1] |
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Taxonomy
Bodonida contains the following suborders and families:[2][3]
- 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.
- 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.
- Cavalier-Smith, Thomas (2016). "Higher classification and phylogeny of Euglenozoa". European Journal of Protistology. 56: 250–276. doi:10.1016/j.ejop.2016.09.003. PMID 27889663.
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