Eolouka

Eolouka is an obsolete paraphyletic phylum of protists localized in the clade Discoba. It contains two lineages: Jakobea and Tsukubea, the last containing only one genus, Tsukubamonas.^[1][2]

Eolouka
Scientific classification (obsolete as paraphyletic)
Domain:	Eukaryota
Clade:	Discoba
Phylum:	Eolouka Cavalier-Smith, 2013[1] stat. nov.[2]
Groups included
Jakobea Tsukubea
Cladistically included but traditionally excluded taxa
Discicristata Euglenozoa Percolozoa

History of classification

In 1999 Cavalier-Smith proposed a new paraphyletic phylum of flagellates called Loukozoa, containing only the jakobids.^[3] In 2013 it was modified to contain three subphyla:^[1]

• Eolouka, containing the classes Jakobea and Tsukubea.
• Metamonada, containing the infraphyla Trichozoa and Anaeromonada.
• Neolouka, containing the only class Malawimonadea.

However, in later years these three groups were raised to the rank of phylum.^[4][2]