Excavata

Taxonavigation edit

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

Name edit

Excavata Cavalier-Smith, 2002

References edit

  • 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 edit

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

Alternative classifications edit

Simpson & Patterson (1999) edit

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) edit

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) edit

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) edit

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) edit

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., Smirnov, A. and Spiegel, F. W. (2012), The Revised Classification of Eukaryotes. Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology, 59: 429–514. doi: 10.1111/j.1550-7408.2012.00644.x, [4].

Eukaryota

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

Ruggiero et al. (2015) edit

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, [5].