Concise hierarchy

(Kingdom) Animalia

Current position

Animalia (Kingdom) Linnaeus, 1758

Ref: M.B. Hart & C.L. Williams, 1993: [43].

Alternative positions

Protista (Kingdom) (Haeckel, 1866)

Ref: T. Cavalier-Smith, 1981: table 11 (p. 477). [alternative rank]

Historical positions

Animalia (Kingdom) Linnaeus, 1758	Ref: M.B. Hart & C.L. Williams, 1993: [43].
Animalia (Kingdom) Linnaeus, 1758	Ref: J.O. Corliss, 1982: 491-492.
Protista (Kingdom) (Haeckel, 1866)	Ref: T. Cavalier-Smith, 1981: table 11 (p. 477). [alternative rank]
Animalia (Kingdom) Linnaeus, 1758	Ref: I. Eibl-Eibesfeldt et al., 1975 (1971): [583]. [implicit]
Thiere (Kingdom) Linnaeus, 1758	Ref: E. Haeckel, 1891: 249. [implicit]
Protisten (Kingdom) (Haeckel, 1866)	Ref: E. Haeckel, 1891: 249 (footnote 1). [alternative position]
Thiere (Kingdom) Linnaeus, 1758	Ref: E. Haeckel, 1890: 18. [implicit]
Protisten (Kingdom) (Haeckel, 1866)	Ref: E. Haeckel, 1890: 18 (footnote 1). [alternative position]
Animalia (Kingdom) Linnaeus, 1758	Ref: E. Haeckel, 1889: 421.
Protista (Kingdom) (Haeckel, 1866)	Ref: E. Haeckel, 1889: 420. [alternative position]

Number of Subtaxa

1989-present	Systema Naturae 2000	7p;[24c];>65,000*s
1982	J.O. Corliss: 491, 492	7p;[24c];>65,000*s
1889	E. Haeckel: 453	[11c]