Bodonida

Bodonida is an 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.

Bodonida
Bodo saltans
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Clade:	Discoba
Phylum:	Euglenozoa
Class:	Kinetoplastea
Subclass:	Metakinetoplastina
Order:	Bodonida Hollande, 1952[1]
Suborders[2]
Eubodonina Neobodonina Parabodonina

Taxonomy

Bodonida contains the following suborders and families:^[2][3]

• Eubodonina
• Neobodonina
  • Bodonidae Bütschli, 1887
  • Neobodonidae
  • Rhynchomonadidae
• Parabodonina
  • Cryptobiidae Vickerman
  • Parabodonidae Cavalier-Smith