Bodonida

Bodonida
Bodo saltans
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Clade:	Discoba
Phylum:	Euglenozoa
Class:	Kinetoplastea
Subclass:	Metakinetoplastina
Order:	Bodonida Hollande, 1952 [1]
Suborders [2]
Eubodonina Neobodonina Parabodonina

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] [3]}

• Eubodonina
• Neobodonina
  • Bodonidae Bütschli, 1887
  • Neobodonidae
  • Rhynchomonadidae
• Parabodonina
  • Cryptobiidae Vickerman
  • Parabodonidae Cavalier-Smith

References

1. Hollande, A. (1952). Ordre des Bodonides (Bodonidea ord. nov.). In Traité de Zoologie , pp. 669–693. Edited by P. P. Grassé. Paris: Masson & Cie.
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.
3. 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.