Concise hierarchy

(Domain) Eukaryota - (Phylum) Apicomplexa

Phylogeny

Polyphyletic (poly)

Ref: D.J. Patterson, 2000: 5.

Current position

Apicomplexa (Phylum) Levine, 1970

Ref: N.D. Levine, 1982: 571.

Alternative positions

Protozoa (Phylum) (Goldfuss, 1818) C.T. von Siebold, 1854	Ref: O. Bütschli, 1880-1889
Protozoa (Subkingdom) Goldfuss, 1818	Ref: I. Eibl-Eibesfeldt et al., 1975 (1971): 585.

Historical positions

Apicomplexa (Phylum) Levine, 1970	Ref: N.D. Levine, 1982: 571, 573.
Protozoa (Subkingdom) Goldfuss, 1818	Ref: I. Eibl-Eibesfeldt et al., 1975 (1971): 585.
Protozoa (Phylum) (Goldfuss, 1818) C.T. von Siebold, 1854	Ref: O. Bütschli, 1880-1889

Number of Subtaxa

1989-present	Systema Naturae 2000	3sc[7o61f292g]3900s
1982	N.D. Levine: 573	3sc[7o61f292g]3900s
1880-1889	O. Bütschli	[4sc]