Concise hierarchy

(Domain) Eukaryota - (Phylum) Amoebozoa - (Class) Discosea - (Order) Centramoebida - (Family) Balamuthiidae

Subsequent positions

Balamuthiidae (Family) Cavalier-Smith, 2004

Ref: T. Cavalier-Smith et al., 2004: 43.

Current position

Balamuthiidae (Family) Cavalier-Smith, 2004

Ref: A.V. Smirnov et al., 2011: table 1 (p. 562).

Alternative positions

Acanthamoebidae (Family) Sawyer & Griffin, 1975	Ref: S.M. Adl et al., 2005: 403.
amoeboid protists ([unranked])	Ref: D.J. Patterson, 1999: S104.
Centramoebida ([unranked]) Rogerson & Patterson, 2002	Ref: S.M. Adl et al., 2012: table 2 (p. 435). [rough position]

Historical positions

Centramoebida ([unranked]) Rogerson & Patterson, 2002	Ref: S.M. Adl et al., 2012: table 2 (p. 435). [rough position]
Balamuthiidae (Family) Cavalier-Smith, 2004	Ref: A.V. Smirnov et al., 2011: table 1 (p. 562).
Acanthamoebidae (Family) Sawyer & Griffin, 1975	Ref: S.M. Adl et al., 2005: 403.
Acanthopodida (Order) Page, 1976	Ref: A. Smirnov et al., 2005: 138. [rough position]
Balamuthiidae (Family) Cavalier-Smith, 2004	Ref: T. Cavalier-Smith et al., 2004: 43. [new position]
amoebae of uncertain affinities ([unranked])	Ref: D.J. Patterson et al., 2000: 809.
amoeboid protists ([unranked])	Ref: D.J. Patterson, 1999: S104.

Number of Subtaxa

2024

Available in Systema Naturae 2000

1s