HIERARCHICAL CLASSIFICATION OF THE PHYLUM DIPLONEMEA (CAVALIER-SMITH 1993)
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DIPLONEMEA LINKS
| This system is a modification of Cavalier-Smith (1993 and 2003a). |
CLASS DIPLONEMIDA
The class has a single order, which has two genera.
- Diplonema, Rhynchopus
| LITERATURE CITED Adl, S. M., A. G. B. Simpson, M. A. Farmer, R. A. Andersen, O. R. Anderson, J. R. Barta, S. S. Bowser, G. Brugerolle, R. A. Fensome, S. Fredericq, T. Y. James, S. Karpov, P. Kugrens, J. Krug, C. E. Lane, L. A. Lewis, J. Lodge, D. H. Lynn, D. G. Mann, R. M. McCourt, L. Mendoza, O. Moestrup, S. E. Mozley-Standridge, T. A. Nerad, C. A. Shearer, A. V. Smirnov, F. W. Spiegel, and M. F. J. R. Taylor. 2005. The new higher level classification of eukaryotes with emphasis on the taxonomy of protists. Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology. 52(5):399-451. Busse, I. and A. Preisfeld. 2002. Phylogenetic position of Rhynchopus sp. and Diplonema ambulator as indicated by analyses of euglenozoan small subunit ribosomal DNA. Gene. 284: 83-91. Cavalier-Smith, T. 1993. Kingdom protozoa and its 18 Phyla. Microbiological Reviews. 57: 953-994. Cavalier-Smith, T. 2003a. Protist phylogeny and the high-level classification of Protozoa. European Journal of Protistology. 39:338-348. Lara, E., A. Chatzinotas, and A. G. B. Simpson. 2006. Andalucia (n. gen.) – the deepest branch within Jakobids (Jakobida; Excavata), based on morphological and molecular study of a new flagellate from soil. Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology. 53(2): 112-120. Marande, W., J. Lukes, and G. Burger. 2005. Unique mitochondrian genome structure in diplonemids, the sister group of the kinetoplastids. Eukaryotic Cell. 4(6): 1137-1146. Moreira, D., P. Lópex-García, and K. Vickerman. 2004. An updated view of kinetoplastid phylogeny using environmental sequences and a closer outgroup: proposal for a new classification of the class Kinetoplastea. International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 54: 1861-1875. Patterson, D. J. 1999. The diversity of eukaryotes. American Naturalist. 154 (Suppl.): S96–S124. Roy, J., D. Faktorova, O. Benada, J. Lukes, and G. Burger. 2007. Description of Rhynchopus euleeides n.sp. (Diplonemea), a free-living marine euglenozoan. Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology. 54(2): 137-145. Simpson, A. G. B., J. Lukes, and A. J. Roger. 2002. The evolutionary history of kinetoplastids and their kinetoplasts. Molecular Biology and Evolution. 19(12): 2071-2083. Simpson, A. G. B., E. E. Gill, H. A. Callahan, R. W. Litaker, and A. J. Roger. 2004. Early evolution within kinetoplastids (Euglenozoa) and the late emergence of the trypanosomatids. Protist. 155:407-422. Simpson, A. G. B., and A. J. Roger. 2004a. Protein phylogenies robustly resolve the deep-level relationships within Euglenozoa. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 30:201-212. Vickerman, K. 2000c. Diplonemids. In: Lee, J. J., G. F. Leedale, P. Bradbury. An Illustrated Guide to the Protozoa. 2nd edition. Society of Protozoologists. Lawrence, KS. pp. 1157-1159. |
| By Jack R. Holt. Last revised: 02/14/2012 |
