| Bodonida | |
|---|---|
| Bodo saltans | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Supergroup: | Discoba |
| Phylum: | Euglenozoa |
| Class: | Kinetoplastea |
| Subclass: | Metakinetoplastina |
| Order: | Bodonida Hollande, 1952 emend. Vickerman, 1976, Krylov et al., 1980 |
| Suborders | |
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.
Bodonida contains the following suborders and families:
The order is probably paraphyletic and some treatments raise the three suborders to orders.