Discoba

Name

DiscobaSimpsoninHamplet al.,2009

Etymology

A portmanteau ofDiscicristataandJakoba,representing the 2 major clades that comprise this taxon.

Classifications

Adlet al.(2012)

FromThe Revised Classification of Eukaryotes.

Eukaryota

• ExcavataCavalier-Smith2002, emend.Simpson2003
  • MetamonadaCavalier-Smith1987 (=MetamonadinaGrassé1952), emend.Cavalier-Smith2003
  • MalawimonasO’Kelly&Nerad1999
  • DiscobaSimpsoninHamplet al.,2009 (R)
    • JakobidaCavalier-Smith1993, emend.Adlet al.,2005
    • DiscicristataCavalier-Smith1998
      • HeteroloboseaPage&Blanton1985
      • EuglenozoaCavalier-Smith1981, emend.Simpson1997
        • EuglenidaBütschli1884, emend.Simpson1997
          • HeteronematinaLeedale1967 (P)
          • EuglenophyceaeSchoenichen1925, emend.Marin&Melkonian2003 (EugleneaBütschli1884, emend.Busse&Preisfeld2002)
          • AphageaCavalier-Smith1993, emend.Busse&Preisfeld2002
        • DiplonemeaCavalier-Smith1993, emend.Simpson1997
        • SymbiontidaYubukiet al.,2009
        • KinetoplasteaHonigberg,1963
    • TsukubamonasYabukiet al.,2011

[Notes: M, monotypic group with only one described species; P, paraphyletic group; R, ribogroup assembled from phylogenetic studies.]

References

• Hampl, V.,Hug, L.,Leigh, J.W.,Dacks, J.B.,Lang, B.F.,Simpson, A.G.B.&Roger, A.J.2009. Phylogenomic analyses support the monophyly of Excavata and resolve relationships among eukaryotic "supergroups".Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences106(10): 3859–3864.DOI:10.1073/pnas.0807880106.Reference page.
• Yabuki, A.,Nakayama, T.,Yubuki, N.,Hashimoto, T.,Ishida, K.-I.&Inagaki, Y.2011.Tsukubamonas globosan. gen., n. sp., A Novel Excavate Flagellate Possibly Holding a Key for the Early Evolution in "Discoba".Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology58(4): 319–331.DOI:10.1111/j.1550-7408.2011.00552.x.Reference page.
• Adl, S.N.et al.2012.The Revised Classification of Eukaryotes.Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology59(5), 2012 pp. 429–493.DOI:10.1111/j.1550-7408.2012.00644.x