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)

From The Revised Classification of Eukaryotes.

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

• 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. 
• Adl, S.N. et al. 2012. The Revised Classification of Eukaryotes. Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology 59(5), 2012 pp. 429–493. DOI: 10.1111/j.1550-7408.2012.00644.x