Opalinida

Protoopalina pingi

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation:  

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Diaphoretickes
Cladus: Sar
Infraregnum: Heterokonta
Phylum: Bigyra
Subphylum: Opalozoa
Superclassis: Opalinata
Classis: Opalinea
Ordo:

Familia: Opalinidae

Name

Opalinida Macalister, Zoology 1: 68. 1876 (“Opalinaea”).

Synonyms

  • Opalinineae Poche, Arch. Protistenk. 30: 250. 1913 (“Opalininea”), pro subord.
  • Opalinanae Grassé, Traité Zool. 1(1): 983. 1952 (“Opalinina”), pro supraord.
  • Opalinata Wenyon, Protozool. 1: 159. 1926 (“Opalinata”), pro cl.

References


Alternative classification

Cavalier-Smith (1993)

From Kingdom Protozoa and its 18 phyla

In Class Opalinea
Order Opalinida Poche, 1913 stat. nov. Hall, 1953