Placidozoa

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Placidozoa
Opalina ranarum, a species of placidozoan
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Clade: Diaphoretickes
Clade: SAR
Clade: Stramenopiles
Phylum: Bigyra
Subphylum: Opalozoa
Infraphylum: Placidozoa
Cavalier-Smith 2013[1]
Classes

Placidozoa is a recently defined non-

photosynthetic lineage of Stramenopiles.[1][2]

Phylogeny

In 2016, Philippe Silar presented the following phylogeny for the Placidozoa:[3]

Placidozoa

Placididea

Nanomonadea

Opalomonadea

Opalinata

Blastocystea

Opalinea

Taxonomy

Infraphylum Placidozoa Cavalier-Smith 2013

  • Superclass
    paraphyletic
    )
  • Superclass Opalinata Wenyon 1926 emend. Cavalier-Smith 1996 stat. n. 2006
    • Class
      Blastocystea
      Zierdt et al. 1967 [Blastocysta Zierdt 1978; Blastocystina Zierdt 1978]
      • Order
        Blastocystida
        Zierdt 1978
        • Family
          Blastocystidae
          Jiang & He 1988 non Jaekel 1918
    • Class
      Opalinea
      Wenyon 1926 stat. n. Cavalier-Smith 1993 emend. Cavalier-Smith 2013

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