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Taxon: Phylum Metamonada Grassé, 1952 (protozoan)
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Authorship

SN2000 author citation:  (Grassé, 1952) T. Cavalier-Smith, 1981, nom. emend.
Original name:  Grassé, 1952. [superorder Metamonadina].
Subsequent rank:  Cavalier-Smith, T. 1981. BioSystems 14 (3-4): table 10 (p. 520: "Phylum", "Metamonadina").
Subsequent spelling:  Sleigh, M.A., Dodge, J.D. & Patterson, D.J. 1984. In R.S.K. Barnes (ed.), Syn. Class. Liv. Org.: 48. ≡
Emended diagnosis (emend.):  Cavalier-Smith, T. 2003. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol. 53: table 1 (p. 1746: "Phylum ... Grassé 1952 stat. nov. emend.").
Subsequent publication:  Cavalier-Smith, T. 1993b. Microbiological Reviews 57 (4): table 3 (p. 963: "Phylum ... Grassé, 1952 stat. nov. et emend. Cavalier-Smith, 1981").
Subsequent publication:  Cavalier-Smith, T. 2022(2021). Protoplasma 259: table 1 (p. 520: "Phylum ... Grassé, 1952 em. stat. n. Cavalier-Smith 2003").

Attributes

Emendation of suffix/termination (: nom. emend.) Ref: S.J. Brands (comp.), 1989-present. Syst. Nat. 2000: 29 Dec 2023.

Variants

Former rank: Metamonada (Subphylum) Grassé, 1952 Ref: T. Cavalier-Smith, 2022(2021): table 1 (p. 520). [inferred]
Former rank: Metamonada (Class) Grassé, 1952 Ref: T. Cavalier-Smith, 2022(2021): table 1 (p. 520). [inferred]
Former unranked name: Metamonada ([unranked]) Grassé, 1952 Ref: T. Cavalier-Smith, 2022(2021): table 1 (p. 520). [inferred]
Different termination: Metamonadea (Phylum) Grassé, in Grassé, 1952

Synonyms

Synonymous name: Archezoa (Infrakingdom) Cavalier-Smith, 1983 Ref: T. Cavalier-Smith, 2022(2021): table 1 (p. 520). [inferred]
Synonymous name: Archezoa (Superphylum) Cavalier-Smith, 1983
Including: Axostylata (Phylum)
Including: Parabasalia (Phylum) Honigberg, 1973 Ref: T. Cavalier-Smith, 2004: 1252.
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