Discoba

Name

Discoba Simpson in Hampl et al., 2009

Etymology

A portmanteau of Discicristata and Jakoba, representing the 2 major clades that comprise this taxon.

Classifications

Adl et al. (2012)

• Adl, S.M., Simpson, A.G.B., Lane, C.E., Lukeš, J., Bass, D., Bowser, S.S., Brown, M.W., Burki, F., Dunthorn, M., Hampl, V., Heiss, A., Hoppenrath, M., Lara, E., Le Gall, L., Lynn, D.H., McManus, H., Mitchell, E.A.D., Mozley-Stanridge, S.E., Parfrey, L.W., Pawlowski, J., Rueckert, S., Shadwick, L., Schoch, C.L., Smirnow, A. & Spiegel, F.W. 2012. The revised classification of eukaryotes. Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology 59(5): 429–514. DOI: 10.1111/j.1550-7408.2012.00644.x . [Erratum: 60(3): 321. DOI: 10.1111/jeu.12033 .] Reference page. 

Eukaryota

• Excavata Cavalier-Smith 2002, emend. Simpson 2003
  • Metamonada Cavalier-Smith 1987 (= Metamonadina Grassé 1952), emend. Cavalier-Smith 2003
  • Malawimonas O’Kelly & Nerad 1999
  • Discoba Simpson in Hampl et al., 2009 (R)
    • Jakobida Cavalier-Smith 1993, emend. Adl et al., 2005
    • Discicristata Cavalier-Smith 1998
      • Heterolobosea Page & Blanton 1985
      • Euglenozoa Cavalier-Smith 1981, emend. Simpson 1997
        • Euglenida Bütschli 1884, emend. Simpson 1997
          • Heteronematina Leedale 1967 (P)
          • Euglenophyceae Schoenichen 1925, emend. Marin & Melkonian 2003 (Euglenea Bütschli 1884, emend. Busse & Preisfeld 2002)
          • Aphagea Cavalier-Smith 1993, emend. Busse & Preisfeld 2002
        • Diplonemea Cavalier-Smith 1993, emend. Simpson 1997
        • Symbiontida Yubuki et al., 2009
        • Kinetoplastea Honigberg, 1963
    • Tsukubamonas Yabuki et al., 2011

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

References

• Adl, S.M., Simpson, A.G.B., Lane, C.E., Lukeš, J., Bass, D., Bowser, S.S., Brown, M.W., Burki, F., Dunthorn, M., Hampl, V., Heiss, A., Hoppenrath, M., Lara, E., Le Gall, L., Lynn, D.H., McManus, H., Mitchell, E.A.D., Mozley-Stanridge, S.E., Parfrey, L.W., Pawlowski, J., Rueckert, S., Shadwick, L., Schoch, C.L., Smirnow, A. & Spiegel, F.W. 2012. The revised classification of eukaryotes. Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology 59(5): 429–514. DOI: 10.1111/j.1550-7408.2012.00644.x . [Erratum: 60(3): 321. DOI: 10.1111/jeu.12033 .] Reference page. 
• 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 Sciences 106(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 globosa n. gen., n. sp., A Novel Excavate Flagellate Possibly Holding a Key for the Early Evolution in "Discoba". Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology 58(4): 319–331. DOI: 10.1111/j.1550-7408.2011.00552.x . Reference page.