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Excavata

Protozoa

Taxonomy
Excavata is an unranked clade. It is extant.

It was assigned to Eukaryota by Adl et al. (2005); and to Eozoa by Ruggiero et al. (2015).

Sister taxa
Fornicata, Heterolobosea, Jakobida, Parabasalia, Preaxostyla

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2005Excavata Adl et al. p. 401 figs. Table 1
2015Excavata Ruggiero et al. p. 15

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RankNameAuthor
Life
Eukaryota()
classProtozoaGoldfuss 1820
RankNameAuthor
Eozoa
Excavata
Excavata

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

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Invalid names: Neolouka [empty]
G. Malawimonas O'Kelly and Nerad 1999
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Invalid names: Pharyngomonada [empty], Tetramitia [empty]
Invalid names: Fornicata [empty], Heterolobosea [empty], Jakobida [empty], Metamonada [empty], Parabasalia [empty], Preaxostyla [empty]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
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Collections
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