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Taxon: Genus Vorticella Linnaeus, 1767 (protist)
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Concise hierarchy

(Kingdom) Chromista - (Phylum) Ciliophora - (Class) Oligohymenophorea - (Order) Sessilida - (Family) Vorticellidae

Original position

Zoophyta (Order) Linnaeus, 1758

Subsequent positions

Vorticellidae (Family) Ehrenberg, 1838

Current position

Vorticellidae (Family) Ehrenberg, 1838 Ref: D. Lynn, 2002: 24 Apr 2002.

Alternative positions

Epiplasmata (Subphylum) de Puytorac et al., 1992 Ref: T. Cavalier-Smith, 1998: 233. [rough position]
Peritrichia ([unranked]) Stein, 1859 Ref: S.M. Adl et al., 2005: 439.
Sessilia (Suborder) Kahl, 1933 Ref: I. Eibl-Eibesfeldt et al., 1975 (1971): 586. [inferred name]
Zoophyta (Order) Linnaeus, 1758 Ref: [von] Linné, C., 1767: 1317. [new taxon]

Historical positions

Peritrichia ([unranked]) Stein, 1859 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]
Vorticellidae (Family) Ehrenberg, 1838 Ref: A.B. Doweld, 2001: LXX (footnote xlviii).
Vorticellidae (Family) Ehrenberg, 1838 Ref: D.H. Lynn & E.B. Small, 2000[2002]: 625.
Epiplasmata (Subphylum) de Puytorac et al., 1992 Ref: T. Cavalier-Smith, 1998: table 3 (p. 233). [rough position]
Peritrichia (Subclass) Stein, 1859 Ref: L. Margulis & K.V. Schwartz, 1998: 138, 139. [rough position]
Dinoflagellata (Division) Engl. (1903) Ref: R.A. Fensome et al., 1993 [excluded]
Peritricha (Subclass) Stein, 1859 Ref: R.C. Brusca & G.J. Brusca, 1990
Ciliophora (Phylum) Doflein, 1901 Ref: L. Margulis & K.V. Schwartz, 1982: 112. [rough position]
Vorticellidae (Family) Ehrenberg, 1838 Ref: J.O. Corliss, 1982: 618, 628, 629, pl.64.
Peritrichida (Order) Stein, 1859 Ref: T.I. Storer et al., 1979
Sessilia (Suborder) Kahl, 1933 Ref: I. Eibl-Eibesfeldt et al., 1975 (1971): 586. [inferred name]
Peritricha (Order) Stein, 1859 Ref: E.R. Lankester, 1877: 442. [rough position]
Zoophyta (Order) Linnaeus, 1758 Ref: C. a Linné, 1767: 1074, 1317. [new taxon]

Number of Subtaxa

2024 Available in Systema Naturae 2000 7s
1989-present Systema Naturae 2000 >150s
1982 J.O. Corliss: 629 >150s
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