Astasiidae

Taxonavigation

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Protozoa
Subregnum: Eozoa
Infraregnum: Euglenozoa
Phylum: Euglenozoa
Subphylum: Euglenoida
Infraphylum: Dipilida
Superclassis: Spirocuta
Classis: Peranemea
Subclassis: Rhabdomonadia
Ordo: Rhabdomonadida
Genera: Astasia – Atractonema – Cyclidiopsis

Name

Astasiaceae A.Pritch., Hist. Infus. ed. 2: 151 (1841) (“Astasiaeae”)

References

Primary references

• Pritchard, A. 1841 ["1842"]. A History of Infusoria, living and fossil. Arranged according to "Die Infusionsthierchen" of C. G. Ehrenberg, containing coloured engravings illustrative of all the genera, and descriptions of all the species in that work... To which are appended “An Account of those recently discovered in the Chalk Formations.” Ed. 3. London: Whittaker & Co. Google Books Reference page. 

Additional references

• Cavalier-Smith, T. 2016. Higher classification and phylogeny of Euglenozoa. European Journal of Protistology 56: 250–276. DOI: 10.1016/j.ejop.2016.09.003 . PMID: 27889663 . Reference page.