Bodonida is a proposed 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.
Taxonomy Bodonida contains the following suborders and families: Eubodonina Vickerman in Moreira et al., 2004 stat. n. Cavalier-Smith, 2016 Bodonidae Bütschli, 1883 emend. Cavalier-Smith, 2016 Neobodonina Vickerman in Moreira et al., 2004 stat. n. Cavalier-Smith, 2016 Neobodonidae Cavalier-Smith, 2016 Rhynchomonadidae Cavalier-Smith, 2016 Parabodonina Vickerman in Moreira et al., 2004 stat. n. Cavalier-Smith, 2016 Cryptobiidae Vickerman, 1976 Parabodonidae Cavalier-Smith 2016 The order is probably paraphyletic and some treatments raise the three suborders to orders.
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