Phylum EUGLENOZOA Cavalier-Smith, 1981

Museums

Regional Maps

Introduction

The phylum Eulenozoa contains cells with one or two flagella inserted in an apical/subapical pocket, including the euglenids, diplonematids, symbiontids and kinetoplastids. Members exhibit considerable variation in form and function; some having phototrophic plastids; some with epibiotic bacteria; some being heterotrophic, even phagotrophic; and others being parasitic in vertebrate and invertebrate hosts. The phylum has been placed alongside the group Metamonada (all with basal bodies in groups of four) in the supergroup Excavata (with suspension-feeding groove of ‘excavate’ type). For taxonomic considerations, see Adl et al. (2012).

General References

Adl, S.M., Simpson, A.G.B., Lane, C.E., Lukes, 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., Smirnov, A. & Spiegel, F.W. 2012. The revised classification of eukaryotes. Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology 59: 429-493

History of changes