IRMNG - Excavata

IRMNG name details

Excavata

IRMNG_ID

11904987 (urn:lsid:irmng.org:taxname:11904987)

Classification

Authority

Cavalier-Smith, 2002

Status

unaccepted > nomen oblitum (No longer in use in any taxonomic classification. The main defendor of the taxon, T. Cavalier-Smith, abandoned it and dispersed its children taxa across the subkingdoms Natozoa and Malawimonada.)

Accepted name

Eozoa

Rank

Infrakingdom

Parent

Protozoa

Direct children (2)

Ordering

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Phylum Loukozoa accepted as Eolouka (unaccepted > nomen oblitum, This name has been split as two distantly related taxa, Eolouka (Eozoa) and Neolouka (Malawimonada).)
Phylum Percolozoa accepted as Heterolobosea (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym, Taxonomic consensus prioritizes Heterolobosea as the phylum name.)

Environment

marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial

Fossil range

recent + fossil

Original description

Cavalier-Smith, T. (2002). The phagotrophic origin of eukaryotes and phylogenetic classification of Protozoa. International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 52(2): 297-354., available online at https://doi.org/10.1099/00207713-52-2-297
page(s): 327 [details]

Taxonomic citation

IRMNG (2026). Excavata. Accessed at: https://www.irmng.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=11904987 on 2026-10-04

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2017-03-14 18:41:53Z

created

Rees, Tony

2026-06-26 23:29:37Z

changed

Díez, Guillermo

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Sources (3)
Links (1)

original description Cavalier-Smith, T. (2002). The phagotrophic origin of eukaryotes and phylogenetic classification of Protozoa. International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 52(2): 297-354., available online at https://doi.org/10.1099/00207713-52-2-297
page(s): 327 [details]

additional source Hampl, V.; Hug, L.; Leigh, J. W.; Dacks, J. B.; Lang, B. F.; Simpson, A. G. B.; Roger, A. J. (2009). Phylogenomic analyses support the monophyly of Excavata and resolve relationships among eukaryotic "supergroups". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 106(10): 3859-3864., available online at https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.0807880106 [details]

current name source Ruggiero, M. A.; Gordon, D. P.; Orrell, T. M.; Bailly, N.; Bourgoin, T.; Brusca, R. C.; Cavalier-Smith, T.; Guiry, M. D.; Kirk, P. M. (2015). A higher level classification of all living organisms. PLOS ONE. 10(4): e0119248., available online at https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0119248 [details]

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