DiscobaSimpson inHamplet al., 2009

A portmanteau ofDiscicristata andJakoba, representing the 2 major clades that comprise this taxon.

• Adl, S.M.,Simpson, A.G.B.,Lane, C.E.,Lukeš, J.,Bass, D.,Bowser, S.S.,Brown, M.W.,Burki, F.,Dunthorn, M.,Hampl, V.,Heiss, A.,Hoppenrath, M.,Lara, E.,Le Gall, L.,Lynn, D.H.,McManus, H.,Mitchell, E.A.D.,Mozley-Stanridge, S.E.,Parfrey, L.W.,Pawlowski, J.,Rueckert, S.,Shadwick, L.,Schoch, C.L.,Smirnow, A. &Spiegel, F.W. 2012. The revised classification of eukaryotes.Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology 59(5): 429–514.DOI:10.1111/j.1550-7408.2012.00644.x [Erratum: 60(3): 321.DOI:10.1111/jeu.12033]Reference page. 

Eukaryota

• ExcavataCavalier-Smith 2002, emend.Simpson 2003
  • MetamonadaCavalier-Smith 1987 (=MetamonadinaGrassé 1952), emend.Cavalier-Smith 2003
  • MalawimonasO’Kelly &Nerad 1999
  • DiscobaSimpson inHamplet al., 2009 (R)
    • JakobidaCavalier-Smith 1993, emend.Adlet al., 2005
    • DiscicristataCavalier-Smith 1998
      • HeteroloboseaPage &Blanton 1985
      • EuglenozoaCavalier-Smith 1981, emend.Simpson 1997
        • EuglenidaBütschli 1884, emend.Simpson 1997
          • HeteronematinaLeedale 1967 (P)
          • EuglenophyceaeSchoenichen 1925, emend.Marin &Melkonian 2003 (EugleneaBütschli 1884, emend.Busse &Preisfeld 2002)
          • AphageaCavalier-Smith 1993, emend.Busse &Preisfeld 2002
        • DiplonemeaCavalier-Smith 1993, emend.Simpson 1997
        • SymbiontidaYubukiet al., 2009
        • KinetoplasteaHonigberg, 1963
    • TsukubamonasYabukiet al., 2011

[Notes: M, monotypic group with only one described species; P, paraphyletic group; R, ribogroup assembled from phylogenetic studies.]

• Adl, S.M.,Simpson, A.G.B.,Lane, C.E.,Lukeš, J.,Bass, D.,Bowser, S.S.,Brown, M.W.,Burki, F.,Dunthorn, M.,Hampl, V.,Heiss, A.,Hoppenrath, M.,Lara, E.,Le Gall, L.,Lynn, D.H.,McManus, H.,Mitchell, E.A.D.,Mozley-Stanridge, S.E.,Parfrey, L.W.,Pawlowski, J.,Rueckert, S.,Shadwick, L.,Schoch, C.L.,Smirnow, A. &Spiegel, F.W. 2012. The revised classification of eukaryotes.Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology 59(5): 429–514.DOI:10.1111/j.1550-7408.2012.00644.x [Erratum: 60(3): 321.DOI:10.1111/jeu.12033]Reference page. 
• Hampl, V.,Hug, L.,Leigh, J.W.,Dacks, J.B.,Lang, B.F.,Simpson, A.G.B. &Roger, A.J. 2009. Phylogenomic analyses support the monophyly of Excavata and resolve relationships among eukaryotic "supergroups".Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 106(10): 3859–3864.DOI:10.1073/pnas.0807880106.Reference page. 
• Yabuki, A.,Nakayama, T.,Yubuki, N.,Hashimoto, T.,Ishida, K.-I. &Inagaki, Y. 2011.Tsukubamonas globosa n. gen., n. sp., A Novel Excavate Flagellate Possibly Holding a Key for the Early Evolution in "Discoba".Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology 58(4): 319–331.DOI:10.1111/j.1550-7408.2011.00552.x.Reference page. 

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