HIERARCHICAL CLASSIFICATION OF THE PHYLUM ACTINOPHRYIDA
| EUKARYA> CHROMALVEOLATA> HETEROKONTAE> ACTINOPHRYIDA |
ACTINOPHRYIDA LINKS
| This system is a modification of Mikrjukov and Patterson (2001). |
CLASS ACTINOPHRYIDEA
- ORDER ACTINOPHRYIDALES.
- Actinophrys, Actinosphaerium, Echinosphaerium (?), Camptonema (?).
| LITERATURE CITED Febvre-Chevalier, C. 1990. Heliozoa. In: Margulis, L., J. O. Corliss, M. Melkonian, and D. J. Chapman, eds. 1990. Handbook of the Protoctista; the structure, cultivation, habits and life histories of the eukaryotic microorganisms and their descendants exclusive of animals, plants and fungi. Jones and Bartlett Publishers. Boston. pp. 347-362. Grell, K. G. 1973. Protozoology. Springer-Verlag. New York. Kudo, R.R. 1966. Protozoology. 5th ed. Charles C. Thomas Publisher. Springfield. Mikrjukov, K.A. and D.J. Patterson. 2001. Taxonomy and phylogeny of Heliozoa. III. Actinophryids. Acta Protozoologica. 40: 3-25. Nikolaev, S. I., C. Berney, J. Fahrni, I. Bolivar, S. Polet, A. P. Mylnikov, V. V. Aleshin, N. B. Petrov, and J. Pawlowski. 2004. The twilight of Heliozoa and rise of Rhizaria, an emerging supergroup of amoeboid eukaryotes. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. USA. 101(21): 8066-8071. Patterson, D. J. 1999. The diversity of eukaryotes. American Naturalist. 154 (Suppl.): S96–S124. Smith, R. M. and D. J. Patterson. 1986. Analyses of heliozoan interrelationships: an example of the potentials and limitations of ultrastructural approaches to the study of protistan phylogeny. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. B. 227:325-266. |
| By Jack R. Holt. Last revised: 02/22/2012 |
