Opalinata
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Opalinea
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Clade: | Diaphoretickes |
| Clade: | SAR |
| Clade: | Stramenopiles |
| Phylum: | Bigyra |
| Infraphylum: | Placidozoa |
| Superclass: | Opalinata Wenyon, 1926 em. Cavalier-Smith, 1996 stat. n. 2006[1] |
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Wikispecies has information related to Opalinata.
Opalinata is a superclass of non-
Blastocystea, and is the sister group to Opalomonadea.[1]
Description
When Opalinata was first erected as a taxon in 1926, it was placed as the sole class in the group "Protociliata" and considered as primitive
syngamy through their micronuclei alone while their macronuclei dissolve.[2]
The taxon Opalinata was revised in 1996 by
Phylogeny
The cladogram below shows the relationships between Opalinata and the rest of Opalozoa.[1]
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Classification
The modern taxonomy of Opalinata is as follows:[1]
- Phylum Bigyra
- Subphylum Opalozoa Cavalier-Smith, 1991 stat. n. 2006 em.
- Infraphylum Placidozoa Cavalier-Smith 2013
- Superclass Opalinata Wenyon, 1926 em. Cavalier-Smith, 1996 stat. n. 2006
- Class OpalineaWenyon, 1926 stat. n. Cavalier-Smith, 1993 em. 2013
- Order ProteromonadidaGrassé, 1952 em. Cavalier-Smith, 1993
- Family Proteromonadidae Grassé, 1952 (Proteromonas)
- Order OpalinidaPoche, 1913 stat. n. Hall, 1953 em. Cavalier-Smith
- Family Karotomorphidae Travis, 1934 (Karotomorpha)
- Family Opalinidae Claus, 1874 (e.g. Cepedea, Protoopalina, Opalina)
- Order
- Class BlastocysteaZierdt et al., 1967
- Order BlastocystidaZierdt, 1978
- Family Blastocystidae Jiang and He, 1988 (type genus BlastocystisAléxéieff, 1911)
- Family
- Order
- Class
- Superclass Opalinata Wenyon, 1926 em. Cavalier-Smith, 1996 stat. n. 2006
- Infraphylum Placidozoa Cavalier-Smith 2013
- Subphylum Opalozoa Cavalier-Smith, 1991 stat. n. 2006 em.