Phalansteriida

Taxonavigation

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Phylum: Amoebozoa
Subphylum: Protamoebae
Classis: Variosea
Ordo: Phalansteriida
Familia: Phalansteriidae

Name

Phalansteriida W.H. Jackson in Rolleston, Forms Anim. Life, ed. 2: 855. 1888 (“Phalansterina”)

Synonyms

Phalansteriida Hibberd, 1983 (isonym)

Alternative classifications

Cavalier-Smith (1993)

From Kingdom Protozoa and its 18 phyla

Order Phalansteriida Hibberd, 1983 -> Order Spongomonadida

References

• Hibberd, D.J. 1983. Ultrastructure of the colonial colourless zooflagellates Phalansterium digitatum Stein (Phalansteriida ord. nov.) and Spongomonas uvella Stein (Spongomonadida ord. nov.). Protistologica 19(4): 523–535.
• Cavalier-Smith, T., Chao, E.E.-Y. & Oates, B. 2004. Molecular phylogeny of Amoebozoa and the evolutionary significance of the unikont Phalansterium. European Journal of Protistology 40(1): 21–48. DOI: 10.1016/j.ejop.2003.10.001 Reference page. 

Vernacular names

français: Phalanstériides