Bodonida

Bodonida
Bodo saltans
Bodo saltans
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Clade: Discoba
Phylum: Euglenozoa
Class: Kinetoplastea
Subclass: Metakinetoplastina
Order: Bodonida
Hollande, 1952 emend. Vickerman, 1976, Krylov et al., 1980
Suborders
  • Eubodonina
  • Neobodonina
  • Parabodonina

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.