Bodonida

Bodonida
Bodo saltans
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Clade:	Discoba
Phylum:	Euglenozoa
Class:	Kinetoplastea
Subclass:	Metakinetoplastina
Order:	Bodonida Hollande, 1952 emend. Vickerman, 1976, Krylov et al., 1980
Suborders
Eubodonina Neobodonina Parabodonina

Bodonida is a proposed order of kinetoplastid flagellate excavates. It contains the genera Bodo and Rhynchomonas, relatives to the parasitic trypanosomes. This order also contains the colonial genus Cephalothamnium.

Taxonomy

Bodonida contains the following suborders and families:

• Eubodonina Vickerman in Moreira et al., 2004 stat. n. Cavalier-Smith, 2016
  • Bodonidae Bütschli, 1883 emend. Cavalier-Smith, 2016
• Neobodonina Vickerman in Moreira et al., 2004 stat. n. Cavalier-Smith, 2016
  • Neobodonidae Cavalier-Smith, 2016
  • Rhynchomonadidae Cavalier-Smith, 2016
• Parabodonina Vickerman in Moreira et al., 2004 stat. n. Cavalier-Smith, 2016
  • Cryptobiidae Vickerman, 1976
  • Parabodonidae Cavalier-Smith 2016