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Bodonida
Bodo saltans
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Phylum:	Euglenozoa
Class:	Kinetoplastea
Subclass:	Metakinetoplastina
Order:	Bodonida Hollande, 1952
Suborders
Eubodonina Neobodonina Parabodonina

Bodonida is an order of kinetoplastid flagellate excavates. It contains the genera Bodo and Rhynchomonas, relatives to the parasitic trypanosomes. This order also contains the colonial genus Cephalothamnium.

Taxonomy

Bodonida contains the following suborders and families:

• Eubodonina
• Neobodonina
  • Bodonidae Bütschli, 1887
  • Neobodonidae
  • Rhynchomonadidae
• Parabodonina
  • Cryptobiidae Vickerman
  • Parabodonidae Cavalier-Smith

References

1. Hollande, A. (1952). Ordre des Bodonides (Bodonidea ord. nov.). In Traité de Zoologie, pp. 669–693. Edited by P. P. Grassé. Paris: Masson & Cie.
2. ^ Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 2018. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. http://www.algaebase.org/browse/taxonomy/?id=141999 ; searched on 25 April 2018.
3. Cavalier-Smith, Thomas (2016). "Higher classification and phylogeny of Euglenozoa". European Journal of Protistology. 56: 250–276. doi:10.1016/j.ejop.2016.09.003. PMID 27889663.

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