Concise hierarchy

(Domain) Eukaryota - (Phylum) Amoebozoa - (Class) Dictyostelea - (Order) Dictyostelida - (Family) Dictyosteliidae

Phylogeny

Paraphyletic/Ancestral (para)

Ref: S.M. Adl et al., 2012: table 2 (p. 437).

Subsequent positions

Dictyosteliaceae (Tribe) Rostafinski, 1873, orth. inval.

Ref: J.T. von Rostafinski, 1873: 4.

Current position

Dictyosteliidae (Family) Rostafinski, 1875

Ref: T. Cavalier-Smith, 2013(2012): table 6 (p. 146).

Alternative positions

Dictyostelia ([unranked]) Olive, 1970	Ref: S.M. Adl et al., 2012: table 2 (p. 437). [rough position]
Dictyosteliaceae (Tribe) Rostafinski, 1873, orth. inval.	Ref: J.T. von Rostafinski, 1873: 4. [new position]

Historical positions

Mycetozoa (Superclass) de Bary, 1859 ex Rostafinski, 1873	Ref: T. Cavalier-Smith, 2022(2021): table 1 (p. 521). [rough position]
Dictyosteliidae (Family) Rostafinski, 1875	Ref: T. Cavalier-Smith, 2013(2012): table 6 (p. 146).
Dictyostelia ([unranked]) Olive, 1970	Ref: S.M. Adl et al., 2012: table 2 (p. 437). [rough position]
Dictyostelia ([unranked]) Olive, 1970	Ref: S.M. Adl et al., 2005: 405.
Dictyosteliidae (Family) Rostafinski, 1875	Ref: T. Cavalier-Smith et al., 2004: 44.
Mycetozoa (Infraphylum) de Bary, 1859 ex Rostafinski, 1873	Ref: T. Cavalier-Smith, 2002b: 323.
Dictyosteliidae (Family) Rostafinski, 1875	Ref: M.J. Dykstra & H.W. Keller, 2000: 954.
Dictyostelia (Superclass) Olive, 1970	Ref: T. Cavalier-Smith, 1998: table 3 (p. 232). [rough position]
Dictyostelia (Subclass) Olive, 1970	Ref: L. Margulis & K.V. Schwartz, 1998: 124, 126. [rough position]
Dictyosteliidae (Family) Rostafinski, 1875	Ref: L.S. Olive, 1982: 523.
Dictyostelia (Class) Olive, 1970	Ref: L. Margulis & K.V. Schwartz, 1982: 124. [rough position]
Dictyosteliaceae (Tribe) Rostafinski, 1873, orth. inval.	Ref: J.T. von Rostafinski, 1873: 4. [new position]

Number of Subtaxa

2024	Available in Systema Naturae 2000	6s
1989-present	Systema Naturae 2000	~50s
2000	M.J. Dykstra & H.W. Keller: 954	~50s
1998	L. Margulis & K.V. Schwartz	>16s
1982	L.S. Olive	30s
1982	L. Margulis & K.V. Schwartz	>16s