Allobodo
| Allobodo | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Supergroup: | Discoba |
| Phylum: | Euglenozoa |
| Class: | Kinetoplastea |
| Order: | Neobodonida |
| Family: | Allobodonidae |
| Genus: | Allobodo Goodwin et al. 2018 |
| Type species | |
| Allobodo chlorophagus Goodwin et al. 2018 | |
| Species | |
Allobodo is a genus of biflagellate kinetoplastids and a member of the family Allobodonidae. It is closely related to Novijibodo.
Characteristics
Allobodo is a biflagellate kinetoplastid. Its cells have a short anterior rostrum. One species, Allobodo chlorophagus, is known to feed on the invasive green alga Codium fragile. Allobodo chlorophagus has a pankinetoplast, while Allobodo yubaba has a eukinetoplast.
Etymology
"Allo-" means another, and "-bodo" is for Bodo, another kinetoplastid genus.
Taxonomy
In 2018, the genus Allobodo was described along with its only species A. chlorophagus. The genus was assigned to a new family Allobodonidae in the order Neobodonida. In 2025, another species called Allobodo yubaba was described, along with a new genus called Novijibodo, which was also assigned to Allobodonidae.
Phylogeny
A phylogeny in 2025:
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