Protozoan Taxonomy and Systematics

John O Corliss, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland, USA

Published online: April 2001

DOI: 10.1038/npg.els.0001925

Taxonomy and systematics of major groups of the Protozoa, an assemblage of so-called lower eukaryotes, refer basically to the classification of such groups, that is, their arrangement into a hierarchy of evolutionary interrelated groups (taxa) of scientifically named phyla, classes, orders, etc.

Keywords: Protozoa; algae; eukaryotic microorganisms; protozoan classifications

 References
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    Cavalier-Smith T (1995) Evolutionary protistology comes of age: biodiversity and molecular cell biology. Archiv für Protistenkunde 145: 145–154.
    Corliss JO (1998) Haeckel's kingdom Protista and current concepts in systematic protistology. Stapfia 56: 85–104.
    book Grell KG (1973) Protozoology. Berlin: Springer-Verlag.
    book Kudo RR (1966) Protozoology, 5th edn. Springfield, IL: Charles C Thomas.
    Margulis L (1996) Archaeal–eubacterial mergers in the origin of Eukarya: phylogenetic classification of life. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the USA 93: 1071–1076.
    book Patterson DJ (1994) "Protozoa: evolution and systematics". In: Hausmann K and Hülsmann N (eds) Progress in Protistology (Proceedings of the IX International Congress of Protozoology, Berlin, July–August 1993), pp. 1–14. Stuttgart: G Fischer.
    book Vickerman K (1998) "Revolution among the Protozoa". In: Coombs GH, Vickerman K, Sleigh MA and Warren A (eds) Evolutionary Relationships Among Protozoa, pp. 1–24. Dordrecht: Kluwer Academic Publishers.

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Corliss, John O(Apr 2001) Protozoan Taxonomy and Systematics. In: eLS. John Wiley & Sons Ltd, Chichester. http://www.els.net [doi: 10.1038/npg.els.0001925]