Concise hierarchy

(Kingdom) Chromista - (Phylum) Ciliophora

Subsequent entries

Hymenostomatia (Subclass) (Delage & Hérouard, 1896) Cavalier-Smith, 1993		Ref: T. Cavalier-Smith, 1993b: table 4 (p. 972).
Peritrichia (Subclass) Stein, 1859		Ref: T. Cavalier-Smith, 1993b: table 4 (p. 972).

Current position

Intramacronucleata (Subphylum) Lynn, 1996

Ref: M.A. Ruggiero et al., 2015b: table 2 (p. 13).

Alternative positions

Ciliophora (Subphylum) Doflein, 1901	Ref: E.E. Ruppert et al., 2004: 43.
Ciliophora (Phylum) Doflein, 1901	Ref: T. Cavalier-Smith, 1993b: table 4 (p. 972).
Ventrata (Infraphylum) Cavalier-Smith, 2004	Ref: T. Cavalier-Smith, 2004: table 4.1 (p. 78). [new position]

Historical positions

Intramacronucleata (Subphylum) Lynn, 1996	Ref: M.A. Ruggiero et al., 2015b: table 2 (p. 13).
Intramacronucleata (Subphylum) Lynn, 1996	Ref: D.H. Lynn, 2008: 94, 279-326; 91.
Ventrata (Infraphylum) Cavalier-Smith, 2004	Ref: T. Cavalier-Smith, 2004: table 4.1 (p. 78). [new position]
Ciliophora (Subphylum) Doflein, 1901	Ref: E.E. Ruppert et al., 2004: 43.
Intramacronucleata (Subphylum) Lynn, 1996	Ref: D.H. Lynn & E.B. Small, 2000[2002]: 578-579.
Ciliophora (Phylum) Doflein, 1901	Ref: 1998
Ciliophora (Phylum) Doflein, 1901	Ref: T. Cavalier-Smith, 1993b: table 4 (p. 972).
Ciliophora (Phylum) Doflein, 1901	Ref: R.C. Brusca & G.J. Brusca, 1990
Cyrtophora (Subphylum)	Ref: L. Margulis et al., 1990: xiv.

Number of Subtaxa

2024	Available in Systema Naturae 2000	13o;82f;362g;481s;4ss
1989-present	Systema Naturae 2000	13o;82f;362g
2015b	M.A. Ruggiero et al.: table 2 (p. 13)	[13o]
2008	D.H. Lynn	[13o]
2000[2002]	D.H. Lynn & E.B. Small: 578	[11o;81f;359g]