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Bodo (Excavata)

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Domain
  
Eukaryota

Phylum
  
Euglenozoa

Rank
  
Genus

Scientific name
  
Bodo

Higher classification
  
Bodonidae

Order
  
Bodonida

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Similar
  
Bodo saltans, Cryptobia, Kinetoplastida, Hypermastigina, Aconoidasida

Bodo is a genus of flagellate excavates. They are free-living relatives of the parasitic trypanosomes. The most well-known species is Bodo saltans.

Species include:

  • Bodo curvifilus
  • Bodo cyclostomus
  • Bodo edax
  • Bodo repens

    • References

    Bodo (Excavata) Wikipedia
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