HIERARCHICAL CLASSIFICATION OF THE PHYLUM OPALINIDA (WENYON 1890)
| EUKARYA> CHROMALVEOLATA> HETEROKONTAE> OPALINIDA |
OPALINATA LINKS
| This system is a modification of Margulis and Schwartz (1988 and 1998), Kudo (1966), Grell (1976), and Corliss (1990). |
CLASS OPALINIDA
- ORDER OPALINALES.
- Opalina, Protopalina, Zelleriella.
CLASS PROTEROMONADIDA
- Proteromonas, Karotomorpha
CLASS BLASTOCYSTIDA
- Blastocystis
| LITERATURE CITED Baldauf, S. L. 2003a. The deep roots of eukaryotes. Science. 300 (5626): 1701-1703. Corliss, J.O. 1990. Opalinta. 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. 239-245. Grell, K. G. 1973. Protozoology. Springer-Verlag. New York. Kudo, R.R. 1966. Protozoology. 5th ed. Charles C. Thomas Publisher. Springfield. Lynn, D. H. and E. B. Small. 1990. Ciliophora. 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. 498-523. Margulis, L. and K. Schwartz. 1988. Five kingdoms, an illustrated guide to the phyla of life on earth. 2nd Edition. W.H. Freeman and Co. New York. Margulis, L. and K. Schwartz. 1998. Five kingdoms, an illustrated guide to the phyla of life on earth. 3rd Edition. W. H. Freeman and Company. New York. Patterson, D. J. 1989. Stramenopiles: chromophytes from a protistan perspective. In: Green, J. C., B. S. C. Leadbeater, and W. L. Diver, eds. The chromophyte algae, problems and perspectives. Systematics Association Special Volume No. 38. Clarendon Press. Oxford. pp. 357-379. Patterson, D. J. 1999. The diversity of eukaryotes. American Naturalist. 154 (Suppl.): S96–S124. Sleigh, M.A., J.D. Dodge and D.J. Patterson. 1984. Kingdom Protista. In: Barnes, R.K.S., ed. A Synoptic Classification of Living Organisms. Sinauer Associates, Inc. Sunderland, Mass. Sogin, M. L. and D. J. Patterson. 1995. Stramenopiles. Version 01 January 1995 (under construction). http://tolweb.org/Stramenopiles/2380/1995.01.01 In: The Tree of Life Web Project, http://tolweb.org/ |
| By Jack R. Holt. Last revised: 02/25/2012 |
