Concise hierarchy

(Kingdom) Chromista - (Phylum) Ciliophora - (Class) Oligohymenophorea - (Order) Tetrahymenida - (Family) Tetrahymenidae

Current position

Tetrahymenidae (Family) Corliss, 1952

Ref: D. Lynn, 2002: 24 Apr 2002.

Alternative positions

Epiplasmata (Subphylum) de Puytorac et al., 1992	Ref: T. Cavalier-Smith, 1998: 233. [rough position]
Hymenostomatia ([unranked]) Delage & Hérouard, 1896	Ref: S.M. Adl et al., 2005: 439.

Historical positions

Hymenostomatia ([unranked]) Delage & Hérouard, 1896	Ref: S.M. Adl et al., 2005: 439.
Oligohymenophorea (Class) de Puytorac et al., 1974	Ref: T. Cavalier-Smith, 2004: table 4.1 (p. 78). [rough position]
Tetrahymenidae (Family) Corliss, 1952	Ref: D.H. Lynn & E.B. Small, 2000[2002]: 610.
Epiplasmata (Subphylum) de Puytorac et al., 1992	Ref: T. Cavalier-Smith, 1998: table 3 (p. 233). [rough position]
Scuticociliatida (Subclass) (E.B. Small, 1967)	Ref: L. Margulis & K.V. Schwartz, 1998: 138, 139. [rough position]
Hymenostomatia (Subclass) (Delage & Hérouard, 1896) Cavalier-Smith, 1993	Ref: R.C. Brusca & G.J. Brusca, 1990
Oligohymenophorans (Class)	Ref: L. Margulis & K.V. Schwartz, 1982: 112. [rough position]
Tetrahymenidae (Family) Corliss, 1952	Ref: J.O. Corliss, 1982: 617, 623, pl.63.
Hymenostomatida (Order) Delage & Hérouard, 1896	Ref: T.I. Storer et al., 1979

Number of Subtaxa

2024

Available in Systema Naturae 2000

5s