Bodonida
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Bodonida is a proposed 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.
Bodonida is a proposed 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 Vickerman in Moreira et al., 2004 stat. n. Cavalier-Smith, 2016 Bodonidae Bütschli, 1883 emend. Cavalier-Smith, 2016 Neobodonina Vickerman in Moreira et al., 2004 stat. n. Cavalier-Smith, 2016 Neobodonidae Cavalier-Smith, 2016 Rhynchomonadidae Cavalier-Smith, 2016 Parabodonina Vickerman in Moreira et al., 2004 stat. n. Cavalier-Smith, 2016 Cryptobiidae Vickerman, 1976 Parabodonidae Cavalier-Smith 2016 The order is probably paraphyletic and some treatments raise the three suborders to orders. ==References==
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