This taxon is (or may be) paraphyletic
Excavata

Taxonavigation

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Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Protozoa
Subregnum: Eozoa
Infraregnum: Excavata
Phyla: Loukozoa – Metamonada – Percolozoa

Name

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Excavata Cavalier-Smith, 2002

References

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  • Cavalier-Smith, T. 2003. Protist phylogeny and the high-level classification of Protozoa, Europ. J. Protistol. 39, 338-348.
  • Simpson, A.G.B.; Lang, B.F.; Dacks, J.B.; Leigh, J.W.; Hug, L.; Roger, A.J.; Hampl, V. 2009. Phylogenomic analyses support the monophyly of Excavata and resolve relationships among eukaryotic "supergroups". PNAS, 106: 3859–3864.
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Vernacular names

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English: Excavate
français: Excavates, excavés
中文: 古虫下界

Alternative classifications

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Simpson & Patterson (1999)

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Simpson, A. G. B. & Patterson, D. J. 1999. The ultrastructure of Carpediemonas membranifera (Eukaryota) with reference to the excavate hypothesis. Europ. J. Protistol., 35:353-370, [1].

"excavate taxa"

Cavalier-Smith (2002)

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Cavalier-Smith, T 2002: The phagotrophic origin of eukaryotes and phylogenetic classification of Protozoa. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol, 52:297-354.

In Kingdom Protozoa, Subkingdom Corticata
Infrakingdom Excavata infraregnum nov.

Cavalier-Smith (2003)

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Cavalier-Smith, T. (2003). The excavate protozoan phyla Metamonada Grassé emend. (Anaeromonadea, Parabasalia, Carpediemonas, Eopharyngia) and Loukozoa emend. (Jakobea, Malawimonas): their evolutionary affinities and new higher taxa. International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology, 53(6), 1741-1758, [2].

[*Probably paraphyletic.]

Simpson (2003)

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Simpson A.G.B. 2003: Cytoskeletal organization, phylogenetic affinities, and systematics in the contentious taxon Excavata (Eukaryota). Int J Syst Evol Micr 53: 1759–1777, [3].

In Eukaryota

Adl et al. (2012)

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Eukaryota

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

Ruggiero et al. (2015)

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Ruggiero, M.A., Gordon, D.P., Orrell, T.M., Bailly, N., Bourgoin, T., Brusca, R.C., Cavalier-Smith, T., Guiry, M. D. & Kirk, P. M. (2015). A Higher Level Classification of All Living Organisms. PLoS ONE 10(4): e0119248, [4].