Colpodella

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Diaphoretickes
Cladus: Sar
Infraregnum: Alveolata
Phylum: Myzozoa
Subphylum: Apicomplexa
Infraphylum: Apicomonada
Classis: Apicomonadea
Ordo: Colpodellida
Familia: Colpodellidae
Species: C. angusta – C. pseudoedax – C. pugnax

Colpodella Cienk., Arch. Mikroskop. Anat. 1: 213 (1865)

• Type species: Colpodella pugnax Cienk. (1865)

• Heterotypic
• Toxobodo Sangiorgi, Pathologica 9: 196 (1917)
  • Type species: Toxobodo intestinalis Sangiorgi (1917)
• Dingensia D.J.Patt. & Zölffel, Syst. Assoc. Spec. Vol. 45: 439 (1991)
  • Type species: Dingensia angusta (Dujardin) D.J.Patt. & Zölffel (1991)

• Cienkowski, L. 1865. Beiträge zur Kenntniss der Monaden. Archiv für mikroskopische Anatomie 5: 203–232. BHL Google Books Reference page. 
• Sangiorgi, G. 1917. Flagellati nell'intestino umano. Pathologica 9(208): 193–196. PDF Reference page. 
• Patterson, D.J. & Zölffel, M. 1991. Heterotrophic flagellates of uncertain taxonomic position. In: Patterson, D. J. & Larsen, J. (editors), The Biology of Free-Living Heterotrophic Flagellates. Oxford: Oxford University Press. The Systematics Association Special Volume 45: 427–476. Google Books Reference page. 

• Simpson, A.G.B. & Patterson, D.J. 1996. Ultrastructure and identification of the predatory flagellate Colpodella pugnax Cienkowski (Apicomplexa) with a description of Colpodella turpis n. sp. and a review of the genus. Systematic Parasitology 33: 187–198. DOI: 10.1007/BF01531200 Reference page.