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.
Bodonida | |
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Bodo saltans | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Phylum: | Euglenozoa |
Class: | Kinetoplastea |
Subclass: | Metakinetoplastina |
Order: | BodonidaHollande, 1952[1] |
Suborders[2] | |
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Bodonida contains the following suborders and families:[2][3]