Giardiida

Taxonavigation

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Protozoa
Subregnum: Eozoa
Infraregnum: Excavata
Phylum: Metamonada
Subphylum: Trichozoa
Superclassis: Eopharyngia
Classis: Trepomonadea
Subclassis: Diplozoa
Ordo: Giardiida
Familia: Hexamitidae Octomitidae

Name

Giardiida Cav.-Sm., J. Molec. Evol. 43: 558. 1997

Synonyms

• Hexamitida M.G. Braun in M.G. Braun & Seifert, Tier. Parasit. Mensch. 1: 15. 1915 (“Hexamitoida”), pro zool. ord.
• Trepomonadina E. Perrier, Traité Zool.: 484. 1892 (“Trepomonada”), pro zool. subord.
• Octomitina Bahr in Manson, Trop. Diseases, ed. 5: 911. 1914 (“Octomitidae”), pro zool. subord.

References

• 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: 1741–1758. DOI: 10.1099/ijs.0.02548-0 Reference page. 

Links

• Protist classification at micro*scope, May 2001.

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