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Bodonida

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Bodonida
Bodo saltans
Bodo saltans
Scientific classificationEdit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Phylum: Euglenozoa
Class: Kinetoplastea
Subclass: Metakinetoplastina
Order: Bodonida
Hollande,1952[1]
Suborders[2]

Bodonidais an order ofkinetoplastidflagellateexcavates.It contains the generaBodoandRhynchomonas,relatives to the parasitictrypanosomes.This order also contains the colonial genusCephalothamnium.

Taxonomy

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Bodonida contains the following suborders and families:[2][3]

References

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  1. ^Hollande, A. (1952). Ordre des Bodonides (Bodonidea ord. nov.). InTraité de Zoologie,pp. 669–693. Edited by P. P. Grassé. Paris: Masson & Cie.
  2. ^abGuiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 2018. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway.http:// 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.PMID27889663.