Spathidiida
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<==Spathidiida |--Actinobolina [Belonophryina] |--Didinium [Didiniina] | `--D. nasutum `--Spathidiina |--Trachelophyllum [Trachelophyllidae] | |--T. chilenese | `--T. pusillum |--Homalozoon [Homalozoonidae] | |--H. caudatum | `--H. vermiculare |--Lacrymaria [Lacrymariidae] | |--L. acuta | |--L. catinensis | |--L. coronata | |--L. minuta | `--L. olor |--Myriokaryonidae | |--Myriokaryon Jankowski 1973 | | `--*M. lieberkuehnii (Bütschli 1889) (see below for synonymy) | |--Cephalospatula Foissner 2003 | | `--*C. brasiliensis Foissner 2003 | |--Berghophrya Foissner 2003 | | `--*B. emmae (Bergh 1896) [=Holophrya emmae, Pseudoprorodon emmae] | `--Kahlophrya Foissner 2003 | `--*K. armata (Kahl 1930) [=Pseudoprorodon armatus; incl. Prorodon armatides Foissner 1997] `--Spathidiidae |--Legendrea |--Apospathidium |--Cranotheridium Schewiakoff 1893 | |--*C. taeniatum | |--C. elongatum Penard 1922 | `--C. foliosum (Foissner 1983) |--Arcuospathidium | |--A. bulli Foissner 2000 | |--A. etoschense Foissner et al. 2002 | |--A. pachyoplites Foissner 2003 | `--A. vlassaki Foissner 2000 |--Supraspathidium | |--*S. teres (Stokes 1886) [=Spathidium teres] | |--S. armatum Foissner et al. 2002 | |--S. etoschense Foissner et al. 2002 | `--S. multistriatum Foissner & Didier 1981 `--Spathidium |--S. etoschense Foissner et al. 2002 |--S. faurefremieti Foissner 2003 [=S. faurei Tucolesco 1962 non Kahl 1930] |--S. faurei Kahl 1930 |--S. procerum Kahl 1930 |--S. spathula `--S. vermiforme Penard 1922
*Myriokaryon lieberkuehnii (Bütschli 1889) [=Prorodon lieberkuehnii, Pseudoprorodon lieberkuehnii; incl. Enchelys gigas Stein 1859 (n. n.), Spathidium gigas]
* Type species of generic name indicated
References
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