Excavata

(Infrakingdom)

Taxonomy

The Infrakingdom Excavata is further organized into finer groupings including:

Phylum (2): Euglenozoa · Loukozoa

Phyla

Euglenozoa

The Euglenozoa are a large group of flagellate protozoa. They include a variety of common free-living species, as well as a few important parasites, some of which infect humans. There are two main subgroups, the euglenids and kinetoplastids. Euglenozoa are unicellular, mostly around 15-40 µm in size, although some euglenids get up to 500 µm long. [more]

At least 1,820 species and subspecies belong to the Phylum Euglenozoa.

More info about the Phylum Euglenozoa may be found here.

Loukozoa

More info about the Phylum Loukozoa may be found here.

Sources

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