HIERARCHICAL CLASSIFICATION OF THE PHYLUM PSEUDOCILIATA (CAVALIER-SMITH 1993)
| EUKARYA> EXCAVATA> DISCICRISTATAE> PSEUDOCILIATA |
PSEUDOCILIATA LINKS
| This system is a modification of Cavalier-Smith (2003a). |
CLASS PSEUDOCILIATEA
The class has a single order (PSEUDOCILIATIDA), which has a single genus.
- Stephanopogon
| LITERATURE CITED Cavalier-Smith, T. 2003a. Protist phylogeny and the high-level classification of Protozoa. European Journal of Protistology. 39:338-348. 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. Lipscomb, D. L. and J. O. Corliss. 1982. Stephanopogon, a phylogenetically important “ciliate,” shown by ultrastructural studies to be a flagellate. Science. 215(4530): 303 – 304. Patterson, D. J. 1999. The diversity of eukaryotes. American Naturalist. 154 (Suppl.): S96–S124. [C,L] |
| By Jack R. Holt. Last revised: 02/15/2012 |
