Group of non-photosynthetic organisms
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]
Taxonomy
Infraphylum Placidozoa Cavalier-Smith 2013
- Superclass Wobblata Cavalier-Smith 2006 stat. n. 2013 (paraphyletic)
- Class Placididea Moriya, Nakayama & Inouye 2002
- Order Placidida Moriya, Nakayama & Inouye 2002 [Placidae Cavalier-Smith 2006]
- Family Placidiaceae Moriya, Nakayama & Inouye 2002
- Genus Pendulomonas Tong 1997
- Genus Placidia Moriya, Nakayama & Inouye 2002
- Genus Wobblia Moriya, Nakayama & Inouye 2000
- Genus Allegra Rybarski et al. 2015
- Class Nanomonadea Cavalier-Smith 2013
- Order Uniciliatida Cavalier-Smith 2013
- Family Solenicolidae Cavalier- Smith 2013
- Family Incisomonadidae Cavalier-Smith & Scoble 2013
- Genus Incisomonas Scoble & Cavalier-Smith 2013
- Class Opalomonadea Cavalier-Smith 2013
- Genus Barthelona Bernard, Simpson & Patterson 2000
- Genus Quasibodo Bernard, Simpson & Patterson 2000
- Superclass Opalinata Wenyon 1926 emend. Cavalier-Smith 1996 stat. n. 2006
- Class Blastocystea Zierdt et al. 1967 [Blastocysta Zierdt 1978; Blastocystina Zierdt 1978]
- Class Opalinea Wenyon 1926 stat. n. Cavalier-Smith 1993 emend. Cavalier-Smith 2013
- Order Proteromonadida Grassé 1952 emend. Cavalier-Smith 1993 [Proteromonadea Caval.-Sm. 1997]
- Order Opalinida Poche 1913 stat. n. Hall 1953 emend. Cavalier-Smith
- Family Karotomorphidae Travis 1934 [Karotomorphida Cavalier-Smith 1993]
- Genus Karotomorpha Travis 1934 [Tetramastix Alexeieff 1916 non Zacharias 1898]
- Family Opalinidae Claus 1874
- Genus Bezzenbergia Earl 1973
- Genus Hegneriella Earl 1971
- Genus Cepedea Metcalf 1920
- Genus Opalina Purkinje & Valentin 1835
- Genus Protozelleriella Delvinquier, Markus & Passmore 1991
- Genus Zelleriella Metcalf 1920
- Genus Protoopalina Metcalf 1918