Discicristata

Discicristata

Taxonavigation

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Protozoa
Subregnum: Eozoa
Infraregnum: Excavata
Superphylum: Discicristata
Phyla: Percolozoa - Euglenozoa

References

• Thomas Cavalier-Smith, The excavate protozoan phyla Metamonada Grassé emend. (Anaeromonadea, Parabasalia, Carpediemonas, Eopharyngia) and Loukozoa emend. (Jakobea, Malawimonas): their evolutionary affinities and new higher taxa, Internat. Journal of Syst. and Evol. Microbiol. 53, 1741-1758 (2003).
• Thomas Cavalier-Smith, Protist phylogeny and the high-level classification of Protozoa, Europ. J. Protistol. 39, 338-348 (2003).

Alternative classifications

Cavalier-Smith (1998)

From A revised six-kingdom system of life

In Kingdom Protozoa, Subkingdom Neozoa
Infrakingdom Discicristata infraking. nov.

• Phylum Percolozoa
• Phylum Euglenozoa

Cavalier-Smith (2002)

From The phagotrophic origin of eukaryotes and phylogenetic classification of Protozoa

In Kingdom Protozoa, Subkingdom Corticata, Infrakingdom Excavata
Superphylum Discicristata stat. nov.

• Phylum Percolozoa
• Phylum Euglenozoa

Hausmann et al. (2003)

From Hausmann, K., N. Hulsmann, R. Radek. Protistology. Schweizerbart'sche Verlagsbuchshandlung, Stuttgart, 2003.

Empire Eukaryota Chatton, 1925 (= Eukarya)

• Phylum Discicristata Cavalier-Smith, 1998
  • Subphylum Euglenozoa Cavalier-Smith, 1981
    • Superclass Euglenida Butschli, 1884
    • Superclass Kinetoplasta Honigberg, 1963
      • Class Bodonea Hollande, 1952
      • Class Trypanosomatidea Kent, 1880
    • Superclass Diplonemida Cavalier-Smith, 1993
  • Subphylum Heterolobosa Page & Blanton, 1985
    • • Class Schizopyrenidea Singh, 1952
      • Class Acrasea Blanton, 1990