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Taxon: Genus Physarum Persoon, 1794 (protozoan)
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Concise hierarchy

(Domain) Eukaryota - (Phylum) Amoebozoa - (Class) Myxomycetes - (Order) Fuscisporida - (Family) Physaridae

Subsequent positions

Physaraceae (Tribe) Rostafinski, 1873, orth. inval. Ref: J.T. von Rostafinski, 1873: 10.

Current position

Physaridae (Family) Chevallier, 1826 Ref: T. Cavalier-Smith, 2013(2012): table 6 (p. 147).

Alternative positions

Myxogastria ([unranked]) Macbride, 1899 Ref: S.M. Adl et al., 2012: table 2 (p. 437). [rough position]
Myxomycetes (Phylum) Link, 1833
Physaraceae (Family) Chevall. (1826) Ref: H.W. Keller, 1982: 167.
Physaraceae (Tribe) Rostafinski, 1873, orth. inval. Ref: J.T. von Rostafinski, 1873: 10. [emended diagnosis]

Historical positions

Mycetozoa (Superclass) de Bary, 1859 ex Rostafinski, 1873 Ref: T. Cavalier-Smith, 2022(2021): table 1 (p. 521). [rough position]
Physaridae (Family) Chevallier, 1826 Ref: T. Cavalier-Smith, 2013(2012): table 6 (p. 147).
Myxogastria ([unranked]) Macbride, 1899 Ref: S.M. Adl et al., 2012: table 2 (p. 437). [rough position]
Myxogastria ([unranked]) Macbride, 1899 Ref: S.M. Adl et al., 2005: 404.
Physaridae (Family) Chevallier, 1826 Ref: T. Cavalier-Smith et al., 2004: 45.
Mycetozoa (Infraphylum) de Bary, 1859 ex Rostafinski, 1873 Ref: T. Cavalier-Smith, 2002b: 323.
Physaridae (Family) Chevallier, 1826 Ref: M.J. Dykstra & H.W. Keller, 2000: 977.
Eumyxa (Superclass) (Cavalier-Smith, 1993) Cavalier-Smith, 1998 Ref: T. Cavalier-Smith, 1998: table 3 (p. 232). [rough position]
Physarales (Subclass) Ref: L. Margulis & K.V. Schwartz, 1998: 134. [rough position]
Physaraceae (Family) Chevall. (1826) Ref: H.W. Keller, 1982: 167.
Physarida (Class) Ref: L. Margulis & K.V. Schwartz, 1982: 126. [rough position]
Physaridae (Family) Chevallier, 1826 Ref: S.P. Parker, 1982: 525. [alternative position]
Physaraceae (Tribe) Rostafinski, 1873, orth. inval. Ref: J.T. von Rostafinski, 1873: 10. [emended diagnosis]

Number of Subtaxa

2025 Available in Systema Naturae 2000 13s
1989-present Systema Naturae 2000 >100s
2000 M.J. Dykstra & H.W. Keller: 977 >100s
1998 L. Margulis & K.V. Schwartz 85s
1982 H.W. Keller 110s
1982 L. Margulis & K.V. Schwartz 85s
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