Trichomonadida

Taxonavigation

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Protozoa
Subregnum: Eozoa
Infraregnum: Excavata
Phylum: Metamonada
Subphylum: Trichozoa
Superclassis: Parabasalia
Classis: Trichomonadea
Ordo: Trichomonadida
Familiae (1): Trichomonadidae

Name

Trichomonadida H.Kirby, J. Parasitol. 33: 224 (1947)

Synonyms

• Trichomonadina Grell, Protozool. ed. 2: 378 (1968) (“Trichomonadida”), pro subord.
• Cochlosomatida Levine, Veter. Protozool. 11 (1985) (“Cochlosomatorida”)

Different spellings:

Trichomonadina Grassé, 1952

Trichomonadea de Puytorac et al., 1987

Trichomonada Brugerolle & Lee, 2000

References

Primary references

• Kirby, H. 1947. Flagellate and host relationships of trichomonad flagellates. Journal of Parasitology 33(3): 214–228. DOI: 10.2307/3273552 Reference page. 

Additional references

• Boscaro, V., James, E.R., Fiorito, R., Del Campo, J., Scheffrahn, R.H., & Keeling, P.J. 2024. Updated classification of the phylum Parabasalia. The Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology 71(4)(e13035): 1–23. DOI: 10.1111/jeu.13035 Reference page. 
• Cavalier-Smith, T. 2003. The excavate protozoan phyla Metamonada Grassé emend. (Anaeromonadea, Parabasalia, Carpediemonas, Eopharyngia) and Loukozoa emend. (Jakobea, Malawimonas): their evolutionary affinities and new higher taxa. International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology 53: 1741–1758. DOI: 10.1099/ijs.0.02548-0 Reference page. 
• Cavalier-Smith, T. 2003. Protist phylogeny and the high-level classification of Protozoa. European Journal of Protistology 39: 338–348. DOI: 10.1078/0932-4739-00002 Reference page. 
• Čepička, I. (Cepicka), Hampl, V. & Kulda, J. 2010. Critical taxonomic revision of parabasalids with description of one new genus and three new species. Protist 161(3): 400–433. DOI: 10.1078/143446103322454112 Reference page. 

Links

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Alternative classifications

Kirby (1947)

• Kirby, H. 1947. Flagellate and host relationships of trichomonad flagellates. Journal of Parasitology 33(3): 214–228. DOI: 10.2307/3273552 Reference page. 

• Trichomonadida ord. nov.
  • Monocercomonadidae fam. nov.
  • Devescovinidae Doflein, 1911
  • Calonymphidae Grassi, 1911
  • Trichomonadidae Wenyon, 1926

Honigberg (1963)

• Honigberg, B.M. 1963. Evolutionary and systematic relationships in the flagellate order Trichomonadida Kirby. Journal of Protozoology 10(1): 20–63. DOI: 10.1111/j.1550-7408.1963.tb01635.x . Reference page. 

Order Trichomonadida Kirby, 1947

• Family Monocercomonadidae Kirby, 1944
• Family Devescovinidae Doflein, 1911 emend. Kirby, 1931
• Family Calonymphidae Grassi, 1911
• Family Trichomonadidae Honigberg, 1963

Cavalier-Smith (1993)

• Cavalier-Smith, T. 1993. Kingdom Protozoa and its 18 phyla. Microbiological Reviews 57(4): 953–994. DOI: 10.1128/mr.57.4.953-994.1993 . PMID: 8302218 . Reference page. 

In Phylum Parabasalia
Class Trichomonadea Kirby, 1947 stat. nov. Margulis, 1974
Order Trichomonadida Kirby, 1947